water tower

noun

: a tower or standpipe serving as a reservoir to deliver water at a required head

Examples of water tower in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Detroit police responded to 911 call of a suicide in progress right before 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of East Davison Street and St. Aubin Street, near the Highland Park water tower. Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 14 Oct. 2024 Grab Dinner At The Gristmill Located just a few steps away from Gruene Dance Hall, don't skip out on a meal at The Gristmill Restaurant, which is perched under Gruene’s iconic water tower in 19th-century cotton gin ruins. Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2024 The brewery will take up 9,000 square feet in the historic power plant building in the ATC, located between the development's iconic water tower and smokestack. Zachery Eanes, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024 Mohammed had plans to revive the water networks and water tower, a project that has been frozen since the 1990s. Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for water tower 

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Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of water tower was in 1835

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“Water tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20tower. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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