water cooler
water cooler noun: a dispenser of cooled drinking water.
Noun
water cooler (plural water coolers)
- A dispenser of cooled drinking water.
- Synonyms:
- water dispenser
- A location in the workplace where employees gather to chat or gossip.
- A type of cooling device that uses water as the heat transfer medium.
Adjective
water cooler (not comparable)
- Of the nature of things discussed around a water cooler.
- In those days The Late Show was Monday water cooler topic du jour.
- water-cooler gossip, water-cooler talk, water-cooler conversation, water-cooler discussion
water cooler meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Thai
water cooler in Tamil
- தண்ணீரை குளிர்விக்கும் கருவி
water cooler in Arabic
- dispenser of cooled drinking water
- بَرَّاد barrād
water cooler in Thai
- dispenser of cooled drinking water
- ตู้กดน้ำ
Synonyms of water cooler
- water dispenser
Forms of water cooler
| plural | water coolers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | water-cooler |
| alternative form | watercooler |
Origin of water cooler
For the gossip sense, compare scuttlebutt, of similar origin.
Words formed from water cooler
Questions about water cooler
- What does water cooler mean?
- Water cooler means a dispenser of cooled drinking water.
- What is water cooler in Tamil?
- Water cooler in Tamil is தண்ணீரை குளிர்விக்கும் கருவி. See Water cooler meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is water cooler?
- Water cooler can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of water cooler?
- The plural of water cooler is water coolers.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: water cooler (page history and authors); water cooler (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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