cooling tower

noun

A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air.

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Meanings

nouncooling tower (plural cooling towers)

plural cooling towers

  1. A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air.

    So we'll march day and night By the big cooling tower They have the plant But we have the power

    1993, “Last Exit to Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 4, episode 17 (song), spoken by Lisa Simpson (Yeardley Smith)

Translations

Catalan torre de refrigeració
  • torre de refrigeraciótower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Dutch koeltoren
  • koeltorentower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Finnish jäähdytystorni
  • jäähdytystornitower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
French tour de refroidissement
  • tour de refroidissementtower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
German Kühlturm
  • Kühlturmtower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Hungarian hűtőtorony
  • hűtőtoronytower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Indonesian menara pendingin
  • menara pendingintower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Irish túr fuaraithe, túr fuarúcháin
  • túr fuaraithetower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
  • túr fuarúcháintower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Italian torre di raffreddamento
  • torre di raffreddamentotower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Korean 냉각탑
  • 냉각탑 (naenggaktap)tower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Norwegian kjøletårn
  • kjøletårntower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Polish wieża chłodnicza
  • wieża chłodniczatower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Romanian turn de răcire
  • turn de răciretower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Russian гради́рня, ба́шенный охлади́тель
  • гради́рня (gradírnja)tower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
  • ба́шенный охлади́тель (bášennyj oxladítelʹ)tower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
  • охлади́тельная ба́шня (oxladítelʹnaja bášnja)tower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Slovak chladiaca veža
  • chladiaca vežatower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Swedish kyltorn
  • kyltorntower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Turkish soğutma kulesi
  • soğutma kulesitower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
Ukrainian градирня
  • градирня (hradyrnja)tower-shaped building in which warm water is cooled by evaporation
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APA

cooling tower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cooling%20tower

MLA

“cooling tower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cooling%20tower. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cooling tower,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cooling%20tower.

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