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water-race

water-race is the alternative spelling of water race.

Meaning of water race

Noun

water race (plural water races)

  1. An artificial channel through which water is directed to run at high speed.
    • I know the mill and premises at Carrick, it is a water mill with a water-race attached.1841 January 7, The Launceston Advertiser, Tasmania, page 3, column 5

Forms of water-race

pluralwater-races

Questions about water-race

What is water-race the alternative spelling of?
Water-race is the alternative spelling of water race.

Words near water-race in the dictionary

  1. water-proof
  2. water-purslan
  3. water-purslane
  4. water-purslanes
  5. water-purslans
  6. water-race
  7. water-races
  8. water-rat
  9. water-rate
  10. water-rates
  11. water-rent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: water-race (page history and authors); water race (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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