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Meaning of watermill | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A mill powered by water.
  2. The machine or device itself.
  3. The machine and the building that houses it, considered as a unit.

Equivalents

Bosanski vodenica воденица
Ελληνικά νερόμυλος
Suomi vesimylly
Hrvatski vodenica воденица
한국어 물레방아 물방아
Српски vodenica воденица

Examples

“Near-synonym: water engine”
“Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity.”

CEFR level

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

watermiller watermilling watermint watermonger watermonster Watermoor

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