Water-tower definition

A standpipe or elevated tank used as a reservoir or for maintaining equal pressure in a water system.
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A firefighting apparatus for lifting hoses to the upper levels of a tall structure.
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An elevated tank used for water storage and for maintaining equalized pressure on a water system.
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A firefighting apparatus that can be used to lift high-pressure hoses and nozzles to great heights.
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A large tank of water, in an elevated position, acting as a local reservoir; water is pumped into the tank and fed by gravity to the consumers.
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(archaic) A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
water-tower
Plural:
water-towers

Water-tower 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.

  • Follow the road up the hill, passing a water tower on your left-hand side.

  • I then built a 20 foot high water tower near to the house, intended for my personal consumption.

  • Get Roofus and look for a nearby water tower.

  • Listening to the story of the struggle between love and duty, Pierre saw before his eyes every minutest detail of his last meeting with the object of his love at the Sukharev water tower.

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