watermill

English

Etymology

From water +‎ mill.

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Noun

watermill (plural watermills)

  1. A mill powered by water.
    1. The machine or device itself.
      Alternative form: water mill
      Coordinate terms: windmill, wind engine
      Near-synonym: water engine
    2. The machine and the building that houses it, considered as a unit.
      Alternative form: water mill
      Coordinate term: windmill
      • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 98:
        Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity.

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