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

In facilities equipped with evaporative cooling towers, some of the circulating water evaporates, carrying heat out of the data center into the atmosphere. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

Health officials emphasized the probe is not focused on a cooling tower, unlike prior outbreaks across the city, and added this is not a community cluster investigation and there is no risk to the surrounding area. — Nicole Alarcon, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom said that a Ukrainian drone on Thursday hit a cooling tower of a reactor unit at the Kursk nuclear power plant, but the attack hasn't posed any radiation threat and hasn't affected its operation. — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said that a Ukrainian drone on Thursday hit a cooling tower of a reactor unit at the Kursk nuclear power plant, but the attack hasn’t posed any radiation threat and hasn’t affected its operation. — Samya Kullab, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cooling tower

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