watercool

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verb

To cool using water, especially by means of a water cooler.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

verbwatercool (third-person singular simple present watercools, present participle watercooling, simple past and past participle watercooled)

present singular third person watercools · participle present watercooling · participle past watercooled · past watercooled

  1. To cool using water, especially by means of a water cooler.

    Suzuki, however, were not the first to watercool their 500 twin. Instead, this honour went to the British Hi-Tac team, run by Peter Inchley and Frank Higley, in late 1971.

    2003, Mick Walker, Japanese Production Racing Motorcycles, →ISBN, page 170
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    Now, it's no great hassle to rig up freshwater cooling, […]. Probably the simplest way to go is a keel cooler, yet even here you'll need the second pump system if you want to watercool the exhaust.

    1991, George Buehler, Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding, →ISBN

Origin

Back-formation from water cooler, equivalent to water + cool.

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APA

watercool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watercool

MLA

“watercool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watercool. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “watercool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watercool.

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