cooling tower

cooling tower noun: a large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air.

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Noun

cooling tower (plural cooling towers)

A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air.
- So we'll march day and night
  By the big cooling tower
  They have the plant
  But we have the power1993, “Last Exit to Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 4, episode 17 (song), spoken by Lisa Simpson (Yeardley Smith)

cooling tower meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

cooling tower in Tamil

குளிர் கூண்டு, குளிர்விக்கும் ஓங்குகலன், குளிரூட்டுக் கோபுரம்

cooling tower in Indonesian

tower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation: menara pendingin

Forms of cooling tower

plural	cooling towers

Questions about cooling tower

What does cooling tower mean?: Cooling tower means a large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air.
What is cooling tower in Tamil?: Cooling tower in Tamil is குளிர் கூண்டு, குளிர்விக்கும் ஓங்குகலன், குளிரூட்டுக் கோபுரம். See Cooling tower meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cooling tower?: Cooling tower is a noun.
What is the plural of cooling tower?: The plural of cooling tower is cooling towers.

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