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

The Guggenheim Museum, for instance, said in a statement that an outside company tests and treats the institution’s cooling tower every month. — ABC News, 21 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

Just days ago, the agency reported dozens of addresses where the Legionella bacteria was found in cooling towers. — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 20 July 2026

Health officials have detected Legionella bacteria in cooling towers at 76 buildings, including the Met, the Guggenheim, and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cooling tower

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