water cooler

plural water coolers · alternative water-cooler · alternative watercooler

1. A dispenser of cooled drinking water.

   Synonyms: water dispenser

2. figurativelyA location in the workplace where employees gather to chat or gossip.
3. A type of cooling device that uses water as the heat transfer medium.

alternative water-cooler · alternative watercooler

1. not comparableOf the nature of things discussed around a water cooler.

   In those days The Late Show was Monday water cooler topic du jour.

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   water-cooler gossip, water-cooler talk, water-cooler conversation, water-cooler discussion