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cooling water

cooling water noun: water which is preferably clean, used to cool internal-combustion engines, thermal power stations, and other industrial equipment.

Noun

cooling water (uncountable)

  1. Water which is preferably clean, used to cool internal-combustion engines, thermal power stations, and other industrial equipment.
    • Engine cooling water is circulated by the motor-driven pump through the lubricating-oil heat exchanger, engine, turbo-blower, and radiator panels.1960 April, “Type "3" Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 241

Questions about cooling water

What does cooling water mean?
Cooling water means water which is preferably clean, used to cool internal-combustion engines, thermal power stations, and other industrial equipment.
What part of speech is cooling water?
Cooling water is a noun.

Words near cooling water in the dictionary

  1. cooling stations
  2. cooling time
  3. cooling times
  4. cooling tower
  5. cooling towers
  6. cooling water
  7. cooling-off day
  8. cooling-off days
  9. cooling-off period
  10. cooling-off periods
  11. coolingly

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