Waterwheel (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a wheel or turbine turned by the weight or momentum of water and used to operate machinery.
  2. a wheel with buckets for raising or drawing water, as a noria.
  3. the paddle wheel of a steamboat.
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
Waterwheel (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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