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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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a large reservoir for water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: reservoir
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Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
خَزَّانُ مَاء
(ḵazzānu māʔ)
— tank of water
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Chinese Mandarin:
水塔
(shuǐtǎ)
— tank of water
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Danish:
vandtårn
— tank of water
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Dutch:
watertoren
— tank of water
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Esperanto:
akvoturo
— tank of water
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Finnish:
vesitorni
— tank of water
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French:
château d'eau
— tank of water
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German:
Wasserturm
— tank of water
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Greek:
υδατόπυργος
(ydatópyrgos)
— tank of water
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Hebrew:
מגדל מים
(migdal maim)
— tank of water
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Hungarian:
víztorony
— tank of water
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Icelandic:
vatnsturn
— tank of water
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Indonesian:
menara air
— tank of water
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Irish:
túr uisce
— tank of water
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Japanese:
給水塔
(kyūsuitō)
— tank of water
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Latvian:
ūdenstornis
— tank of water
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Macedonian:
водокула
(vodokula)
— tank of water
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Macedonian:
водна кула
(vodna kula)
— tank of water
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Malay:
menara air
— tank of water
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Norwegian Bokmål:
vanntårn
— tank of water
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Norwegian Bokmål:
vasstårn
— tank of water
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
vasstårn
— tank of water
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Polish:
wieża ciśnień
— tank of water
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Portuguese:
caixa d'água
— tank of water
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Portuguese:
castelo d'água
— tank of water
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Portuguese:
torre d'água
— tank of water
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Romanian:
turn de apă
— tank of water
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Romanian:
castel de apă
— tank of water
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Russian:
водонапо́рная ба́шня
(vodonapórnaja bášnja)
— tank of water
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Russian:
водока́чка
(vodokáčka)
— tank of water
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Spanish:
torre de agua
— tank of water
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Swedish:
vattentorn
— tank of water
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Turkish:
su kulesi
— tank of water