hydro
hydro¹
Definition
hy·dro (hī′drō)
noun pl. -·dros
Brit., Informal a place, such as a spa, where people go to get hydropathic treatments
hydro²
Definition
hy·dro (hī′drō)
noun
- hydroelectric power
- pl. -·dros a hydroelectric power plant
adjective
hydroelectric
hydro
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: These include hydro, wind and solar power and bioenergy projects.
- use: Personaly I would have used black hydro in that situation.
- pump: Suitability depends on scale, from battery systems at smaller scale to pumped hydro at a larger scale.
- have: That's why he would rather have the hydro: it brings in the money and - possibly - keeps out the people.
- build: Cost of offsetting it: £ 29.10 which contributes toward building a small-scale hydro, where energy is generated by water, in Bulgaria.
Adjective modifier
- small-scale: The amount of energy that can be obtained from a small-scale hydro is subject to three main parameters.
- black: It took a lot of persuasion from Darren Cox to put black hydro into it!
- small: In 1851, Smedley became medical adviser to a small hydro on Matlock Bank.
- red: They just set off so quick that they can bottom out red hydro and then the hook pulls.
- large: Neither was the issue of whether nuclear power or large hydro should be excluded from the CDM.
- large-scale: The government currently has no plans to replace existing nuclear generation capacity, nor for large-scale hydro or tidal power schemes.
Modifies a noun
- dam: You can see the changes, for example recent additions have included things like wind farms and there's a hydro electric dam!
- turbine: The hydro electric turbine was installed on the royal estate in the 1920s to provide Balmoral Castle with electric light.
- massage: The bathroom is next door and offers a hydro massage shower.
- electricity: This was the first electric tramway in the world to be powered by hydro electricity.
- scheme: A presentation to explain how hydro schemes operate has been arranged for Monday 26 June in room 152 at 12.00pm.
- station: The Power Station is a hydro electric station built under the mountain.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near hydro
- hydriodic acid
- hydride
- -hydric
- hydric
- hydrazoic acid
- hydrazoate
- hydrazine
- hydrazide
- hydraulics
- hydraulic ram
