water tower

noun

A large tank of water, in an elevated position, acting as a local reservoir; water is pumped into the tank and fed by gravity to the consumers.

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Meanings

nounwater tower (plural water towers)

plural water towers · alternative water-tower

  1. A large tank of water, in an elevated position, acting as a local reservoir; water is pumped into the tank and fed by gravity to the consumers.
  2. archaicA large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.

Translations

Arabic خَزَّانُ مَاء
  • خَزَّانُ مَاء (ḵazzānu māʔ)tank of water
Chinese Mandarin 水塔
  • 水塔 (shuǐtǎ)tank of water
Danish vandtårn
  • vandtårntank of water
Dutch watertoren
  • watertorentank of water
Esperanto akvoturo
  • akvoturotank of water
Finnish vesitorni
  • vesitornitank of water
French château d'eau
  • château d'eautank of water
German Wasserturm
  • Wasserturmtank of water
Greek υδατόπυργος
  • υδατόπυργος (ydatópyrgos)tank of water
Hebrew מגדל מים
  • מגדל מים (migdal maim)tank of water
Hungarian víztorony
  • víztoronytank of water
Icelandic vatnsturn
  • vatnsturntank of water
Indonesian menara air
  • menara airtank of water
Irish túr uisce
  • túr uiscetank of water
Japanese 給水塔
  • 給水塔 (kyūsuitō)tank of water
Latvian ūdenstornis
  • ūdenstornistank of water
Malay menara air
  • menara airtank of water
Norwegian Bokmål vanntårn, vasstårn
  • vanntårntank of water
  • vasstårntank of water
Polish wieża ciśnień
  • wieża ciśnieńtank of water
Portuguese caixa d'água, castelo d'água
  • caixa d'águatank of water
  • castelo d'águatank of water
  • torre d'águatank of water
Romanian turn de apă, castel de apă
  • turn de apătank of water
  • castel de apătank of water
Russian водонапо́рная ба́шня, водока́чка
  • водонапо́рная ба́шня (vodonapórnaja bášnja)tank of water
  • водока́чка (vodokáčka)tank of water
Spanish torre de agua
  • torre de aguatank of water
Swedish vattentorn
  • vattentorntank of water
Turkish su kulesi
  • su kulesitank of water
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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