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waterpower

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. waterpower (noun)
  2. waterpower engineering (noun)

wa·ter·pow·er

noun \ˈwȯ-tər-ˌpau̇(-ə)r, ˈwä-\

Definition of WATERPOWER

1
: the power of water employed to move machinery
2
: a fall of water suitable for being used to move machinery
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Examples of WATERPOWER

  1. Waterpower is a renewable source of energy.

First Known Use of WATERPOWER

1817

Rhymes with WATERPOWER

coffee hour, cooling tower, 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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