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water-cooler

water-cooler is the alternative form of water cooler.

Meaning of water cooler

Noun

water cooler (plural water coolers)

  1. A dispenser of cooled drinking water.
    Synonyms:
    water dispenser
  2. (figuratively) A location in the workplace where employees gather to chat or gossip.
  3. A type of cooling device that uses water as the heat transfer medium.

See all 4 meanings of water cooler

Forms of water-cooler

pluralwater-coolers

Phrases with water-cooler

Questions about water-cooler

What is water-cooler the alternative form of?
Water-cooler is the alternative form of water cooler.

Words near water-cooler in the dictionary

  1. water-carrying
  2. water-chat
  3. water-closet
  4. water-closets
  5. water-cooled
  6. water-cooler
  7. water-cooler chat
  8. water-cooler effect
  9. water-cooler effects
  10. water-cooler talk
  11. water-coolers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: water-cooler (page history and authors); water cooler (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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