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wirewaters

wirewaters is the plural of wirewater.

Meaning of wirewater

Noun

wirewater (usually uncountable, plural wirewaters)

  1. (rare, usually) The water used to wash the forming mesh conveyor belt (known as a wire).
    • Collecting the wirewaters (water that washes the forming wire) into a separate line for delivery to the treatment plant or to the whitewater tank as needed for makeup water.1976, Frederick R. Bliss, Papermill wastewater treatment by microstraining, page 42

Questions about wirewaters

What is wirewaters the plural of?
Wirewaters is the plural of wirewater.

Words near wirewaters in the dictionary

  1. wiretaps
  2. wirewalker
  3. wirewalkers
  4. wirewalking
  5. wirewater
  6. wirewaters
  7. wireway
  8. wireways
  9. wireweed
  10. wirework
  11. wireworked

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