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norias

norias is the plural of noria.

Meaning of noria

Noun

noria (plural norias)

  1. A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
    Synonyms:
    water wheel
  2. Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.
    • The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet.1901 October 11, Colonel F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 492

Questions about norias

What is norias the plural of?
Norias is the plural of noria.

Words near norias in the dictionary

  1. norharmane
  2. norharmans
  3. nori
  4. noria
  5. Norian
  6. norias
  7. noribogainalog
  8. noribogaine
  9. noribogaminalog
  10. noribogamine
  11. Noric

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