Usually means: Device harnessing water for power.
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  1. waterwheel: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. waterwheel: Merriam-Webster
  3. waterwheel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. waterwheel: Vocabulary.com
  5. Waterwheel, waterwheel: Wordnik
  6. waterwheel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. waterwheel: Wiktionary
  8. waterwheel: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. waterwheel: Dictionary.com
  10. Waterwheel (disambiguation), Waterwheel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. waterwheel: Rhymezone
  12. waterwheel: FreeDictionary.org
  13. waterwheel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. waterwheel: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. waterwheel: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Waterwheel)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of water wheel [A wheel, propelled by running or falling water, used to power machinery.]

Similar:
water wheel, watermill, windmill, millrace, waterpower, gristmill, penstock, millwheel, turbine, paddlewheel, more...

Opposite:
windmill, steam engine, turbine, generator

Phrases:
waterwheel plant, more...

Adjectives:
overshot, largest, old, undershot, wooden, horizontal, great, huge, vertical, small, foot

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Similar:
water wheel, watermill, windmill, millrace, waterpower, gristmill, penstock, millwheel, turbine, paddlewheel, more...

Opposite:
windmill, steam engine, turbine, generator

Phrases:
waterwheel plant, more...

Adjectives:
overshot, largest, old, undershot, wooden, horizontal, great, huge, vertical, small, foot



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