Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water wheel

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter wheel
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wheel, propelled by running or falling water, used to power machinery.

noun

A wheel with buckets used to raise water.

Example Sentences

""Yes, yes, I'll tell you the road directly, it's it's straight on through the wood till you come to the big water-wheel!""
"Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work."

Inflected Forms

water wheels (plural) waterwheel (alternative) water-wheel (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

turbine Archimedes' screw

Synonyms

noria waterwheel

Questions

What does water wheel mean?: A wheel, propelled by running or falling water, used to power machinery.

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