: a wheel made to rotate by direct action of water
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: a wheel for raising water
Illustration of waterwheel
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Recent Examples on the WebInside, a waterwheel dropped chalky white lime dust into the vermillion stream below. Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022 There is a saltwater infinity pool, a hot tub and a koi pond with a waterwheel. Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022 At the springhead, visitors can swim in crystal-clear waters, then explore a historic millhouse and waterwheel constructed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2021 In other cases, the clocks were driven by the same waterwheel that powered the factory. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021 It’s the knowledge-work equivalent of figuring out how to make the waterwheel turn faster—a useful improvement in the moment, but not nearly as important as the looming introduction of the steam engine. Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020 In 1915, Ralph Clarkson, an engineering professor at Nova Scotia’s Acadia University, prototyped a tidal-power generator with four pumps, powered by a horizontal waterwheel, that lifted water 335 feet into two tanks atop the Cape Split headland. Greta Rybus, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020 Meanwhile, in the bathroom by the bedroom, my kids’ old faded plastic waterwheel waits motionless in the tub.New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020 This is a giant, historic wood waterwheel that was used to grind wheat into grain. Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 21 Feb. 2020 See More