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watermill en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From water + mill.

Meanings

1. A mill powered by water. ▸ The machine or device itself.
   • Near-synonym: water engine
2. A mill powered by water. ▸ The machine and the building that houses it, considered as a unit.
   • 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. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 98:

Forms

Coordinates

windmill · wind engine · windmill

Relateds

flourmill · feed mill · grist mill · flour mill · water power · water mill · waterpower · water mill · feedmill · gristmill

Synonyms

water engine

Translations (71)

es molino hidráulico (mill powered by water) · sl vodni mlin (mill powered by water) · atv суг тербени (mill powered by water) · rsk воденїца (mill powered by water) · tr su değirmeni (mill powered by water) · sh vodènica (mill powered by water) · pt moinho de água (mill powered by water) · gd muileann-uisge (mill powered by water) · ms kincir air (mill powered by water) · sv vattenmölla (mill powered by water) · nb vannmølle (mill powered by water) · hi पनचक्की (mill powered by water) · fi vesimylly (mill powered by water) · ckb ئاشاو (mill powered by water) · de Wassermühle (mill powered by water) · cy melin ddŵr (mill powered by water) · bg водени́ца (mill powered by water) · mzn اودنگ (mill powered by water) · hy ջրաղաց (mill powered by water) · alt сууныҥ теермени (mill powered by water) · eu ur-errota (mill powered by water) · lt vandens malūnas (mill powered by water) · bg же́рка (mill powered by water) · li watermeule (mill powered by water) · kw melin dhowr (mill powered by water) · es cenia (mill powered by water) · ca molí hidráulic (mill powered by water) · cs vodní mlýn (mill powered by water) · ja 水車場 (mill powered by water) · hu vízimalom (mill powered by water) · ru водяна́я ме́льница (mill powered by water) · lv ūdensdzirnavas (mill powered by water) · sh водѐница (mill powered by water) · pl młyn wodny (mill powered by water) · it mulino ad acqua (mill powered by water) · ja 水車小屋 (mill powered by water) · ro moară de apă (mill powered by water) · kmr aşê avê (mill powered by water) · pt roda d’água (mill powered by water) · hrx Wassermihl (mill powered by water) · uk водяни́й млин (mill powered by water) · fa آسیاب (mill powered by water) · be вадзяны́ млын (mill powered by water) · el νερόμυλος (mill powered by water) · gl acea (mill powered by water) · gl muíño (mill powered by water) · mr पाणचक्की (mill powered by water) · ko 물방아 (mill powered by water) · es ceña (mill powered by water) · ko 물레방아 (mill powered by water) · es aceña (mill powered by water) · mk воденица (mill powered by water) · izh vesimylly (mill powered by water) · et vesiveski (mill powered by water) · es molino de agua (mill powered by water) · nl watermolen (mill powered by water) · eo akvomuelejo (mill powered by water) · sv vattenkvarn (mill powered by water) · he טַחֲנַת מַיִם (mill powered by water) · da vandmølle (mill powered by water) · is vatnsmylla (mill powered by water) · ar طَاحُونَة مَائِيَّة (mill powered by water) · ka წყლის წისქვილი (mill powered by water) · fr moulin à eau (mill powered by water) · es aguaducho (mill powered by water) · sk vodný mlyn (mill powered by water) · fa آسیای آبی (mill powered by water) · atv сӱг тербени (mill powered by water) · pt moinho d’água (mill powered by water) · cmn 水力磨坊 (mill powered by water) · cmn 水車 /水车 (mill powered by water)