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

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To save himself from The Mother, AJ throws Tess off the water tower, and The Mother jumps off the structure after her. Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 3 June 2025 The 25 best scary movies for streaming and screaming Trapped, Tess and AJ climb the steps of the water tower. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 1 June 2025 The grounds are punctuated by a quaint and picturesque historic water tower from the days when a farmer owned the land in the 1940s, Bruce said. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 17 May 2025 In one meme, a pigeon sits atop the famous WB water tower as white smoke billows from a chimney — a reference to the recent conclave to select a new pope. Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC news, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for water tower

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 8 Jun. 2025.

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