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watermill

watermill noun: the machine or device itself.

Noun

watermill (plural watermills)

  1. The machine or device itself.
    • Near-synonym: water engine
    Synonyms:
    water engine
  2. The machine and the building that houses it, considered as a unit.
    • Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 98

watermill meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi and Arabic

watermill in Hindi

mill powered by water
पनचक्की pancakkī

watermill in Marathi

mill powered by water
पाणचक्की pāṇcakkī

watermill in Punjabi

a watermill
جندرا jandrā, ਜੰਦਰਾ jandrā

watermill in Arabic

mill powered by water
طَاحُونَة مَائِيَّة ṭāḥūna māʔiyya
More languagesFewer languages
watermill in Malay
kincir air
watermill in Persian
آسیاب âsiyâb, آسیای آبی âsyâ-ye âbi

Synonyms of watermill

Forms of watermill

pluralwatermills
alternative formwater mill

Origin of watermill

From water + mill.

Questions about watermill

What does watermill mean?
Watermill means the machine or device itself.
What is watermill in Hindi?
Watermill in Hindi is पनचक्की (pancakkī). See Watermill meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is watermill?
Watermill is a noun.
What is the plural of watermill?
The plural of watermill is watermills.

Words near watermill in the dictionary

  1. watermelontinis
  2. watermelony
  3. watermen
  4. watermilfoil
  5. watermilfoils
  6. watermill
  7. watermiller
  8. watermillers
  9. watermilling
  10. watermills
  11. watermint

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: watermill (page history and authors); جندرا (Punjabi) (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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