water back


noun
  1. a reservoir or arrangement of tubing at the back of certain stoves or fireplaces for containing water to be heated by the fire.

Origin of water back

1
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Words Nearby water back

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How to use water back in a sentence

  • But I jumped up and bent over the stern to shove my rod deep into the water back of the propeller.

    Tales of Fishes | Zane Grey
  • Then they carried a newly dipped pail of fresh spring water back to camp, for their first supper under the tamarack trees.

  • Arcane took a bucket of water back from camp and after drinking it and resting awhile the ox was driven down to the spring.

    Death Valley in '49 | William Lewis Manly

British Dictionary definitions for water back

water back

noun
  1. the US name for back boiler

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