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noun
A machine or mechanism for raising or carrying water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A textile fabric used like tapestry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: art, arts
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noun
Some action or activity done on, in, or using water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A style of painting executed in distemper or size, on canvas or a wall, intended to resemble a tapestry; (countable) such a painting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: art, arts
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noun
Alternative form of waterworks.
A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of waterworks.
Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water, drainage, irrigation, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing
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History
From Late Middle English [Term?], analysable as water + work.
