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watercooler

watercooler is the alternative spelling of water cooler.

watercooler 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 watercooler

pluralwatercoolers

Phrases with watercooler

Questions about watercooler

What is watercooler the alternative spelling of?
Watercooler is the alternative spelling of water cooler.

Words near watercooler in the dictionary

  1. watercolourings
  2. watercolourist
  3. watercolourists
  4. watercolours
  5. watercool
  6. watercooler
  7. watercooler chat
  8. watercooler effect
  9. watercooler effects
  10. watercooler talk
  11. watercoolers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: watercooler (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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