water cooler

water cooler

noun
1.
a container for holding drinking water that is cooled and drawn off by a faucet or spigot.
2.
a drinking fountain in which water is cooled by mechanical refrigeration.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism
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Water cooler is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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water cooler
 
n
1.  a device for cooling and dispensing drinking water
 
modifier
2.  informal
 a.  indicating the kind of informal conversation among office staff that takes place at such a dispenser: water-cooler conversations
 b.  indicating an event, television programme, etc, sufficiently controversial or otherwise noteworthy to provide subject matter for such conversations: water-cooler television; a water-cooler moment

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