cooling tower

noun

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

Examples of cooling tower in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fifty-nine cooling towers tested positive for live Legionella bacteria and 124 tested negative, according to the department. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Legionnaires disease outbreak in NYC The illness is caused by Legionella bacteria, which typically can be found in cooling towers. — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 31 July 2026

Legionella bacteria found on Long Island cooling tower A cooling tower on the roof of the Riverhead Supreme Court in Suffolk County tested positive for Legionella. — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 30 July 2026

City officials discovered the recent outbreak on July 2, and quickly tied it to a series of cooling towers in 31 different buildings in the city. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cooling tower

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