cooling tower

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air.

Equivalents

Françaistour de refroidissement

DeutschKühlturm

Italianotorre di raffreddamento

10 more languages

Suomijäähdytystorni

Gaeilgetúr fuaraithe túr fuarúcháin

Bahasa Indonesiamenara pendingin

日本語冷却塔

한국어냉각탑

Nederlandskoeltoren

Românăturn de răcire

Русскийба́шенный охлади́тель градирня охлади́тельная ба́шня

Svenskakyltorn

Українськаградирня

Examples

“So we'll march ⟳ day and night By the big cooling tower They have ⟳ the plant ⟳ But we have ⟳ the power”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

cooling-off day cooling-off period Coolish coolitude Coolly Coolness

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