- an elevated tank used for water storage and for maintaining equalized pressure on a water system
- a firefighting apparatus that can be used to lift high-pressure hoses and nozzles to great heights
water tower
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water tower
noun
- A standpipe or elevated tank used as a reservoir or for maintaining equal pressure in a water system.
- A firefighting apparatus for lifting hoses to the upper levels of a tall structure.
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Sentence Examples
- The houses are built of stone and mortar, and above the thatched straw roof which surmounts the doublestoreyed buildings the square water-tower rises gracefully.
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