water tower

noun

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

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Crews have begun to clean up a heap of steel and iron that had stood as a water tower in Independence since 1913, after the tower came crashing down during a demolition effort, landing eight feet from a house Tuesday. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025 For his explosive feats, Merritt McAlinden was a local legend, and part of the reason for that reputation was a water tower in a town north of Princeton, which hired him to get rid of it. John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 The truly brave will want to conquer Velocity Peak, a high-speed water tower with three slides that can send riders careening off at 55 miles per hour. Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2025 With a pigeon clamped firmly in his talons, Flaco flew from a nearby water tower to a spot directly above Emery and Lei. Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024 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 23 Feb. 2025.

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