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cooling tower


cooling tower

noun

Definition of COOLING TOWER

: a structure over which circulated water is trickled to reduce its temperature by partial evaporation

First Known Use of COOLING TOWER

1901

Rhymes with COOLING TOWER

coffee hour, credit hour, flower power, golden shower, happy hour, ivory tower, motive power, police power, quarter hour, staying power, trumpet flower, virgin's bower, water tower, zero hour

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