water tower

noun

: a tower or standpipe serving as a reservoir to deliver water at a required head

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Cruise, never shy about the affiliation, climbed the Paramount water tower for the studio’s CinemaCon 2025 presentation featurette. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026 Cooling fans, water towers and water stations are expected to be available throughout the festival. — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 The Water Tower, for instance, could easily be mistaken for, well, a water tower—but King Charles is opening it up to guests as one of the world’s most unique royal-adjacent vacation rentals. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 19 Aug. 2026 The Paramount Pictures logo is displayed on a water tower in Los Angeles, California, on August 6, 2026. — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for water tower

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of water tower was in 1835

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“Water tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20tower. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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