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water wheel

noun

  1. a simple water-driven turbine consisting of a wheel having vanes set axially across its rim, used to drive machinery
  2. a wheel with buckets attached to its rim for raising water from a stream, pond, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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As the tide ebbs the water is released through a sluice, which pushes a water wheel, which turns the grinding stones.

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For a time, her concept included a water wheel that would draw the water up to the level of the park.

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Tang Dynasty monks developed a mechanical clock powered by a water wheel, Hwang says.

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We walked along the edge of the furnace dam; several people were fishing on the banks of the hand-dug pond that provided a source of water for the water wheel in times of dry weather.

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Residents of a Derbyshire village have constructed a handmade water wheel from two bicycle wheels and washing up bowls to power their Christmas lights.

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