Standard Lemma guide

water-cooled

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

adj

Meaning 1

using water as a means of cooling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Most car engines are water-cooled these days.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

kept cool or designed to be kept cool by means of water especially circulating water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a water-cooled engine

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: с водно охлаждане (s vodno ohlaždane) — cooled by water
  • Danish: vandafkølet — cooled by water
  • Finnish: vesijäähdytteinen — cooled by water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vannavkjølt — cooled by water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vassavkjølt — cooled by water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vassavkjølt — cooled by water
  • Swedish: vattenkyld — cooled by water
Real reading context

water-cooled in complete knowledge articles