Meanings
nounwatermill (plural watermills)
plural watermills · alternative water mill
- A mill powered by water.
- The machine and the building that houses it, considered as a unit.
Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 98
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe machine or device itself.
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Arabic طَاحُونَة مَائِيَّة
- طَاحُونَة مَائِيَّة (ṭāḥūna māʔiyya)mill powered by water
Basque ur-errota
- ur-errotamill powered by water
Bulgarian водени́ца, же́рка
- водени́ца (vodeníca)mill powered by water
- же́рка (žérka)mill powered by water
Catalan molí hidráulic
- molí hidráulicmill powered by water
Chinese Mandarin 水力磨坊, 水車 /水车
- 水力磨坊 (shuǐlì mòfāng)mill powered by water
- 水車 /水车 (shuǐchē)mill powered by water
Czech vodní mlýn
- vodní mlýnmill powered by water
Danish vandmølle
- vandmøllemill powered by water
Dutch watermolen
- watermolenmill powered by water
Esperanto akvomuelejo
- akvomuelejomill powered by water
Estonian vesiveski
- vesiveskimill powered by water
Finnish vesimylly
- vesimyllymill powered by water
French moulin à eau
- moulin à eaumill powered by water
German Wassermühle
- Wassermühlemill powered by water
Greek νερόμυλος
- νερόμυλος (nerómylos)mill powered by water
Hebrew טַחֲנַת מַיִם
- טַחֲנַת מַיִם (takhanat mayim)mill powered by water
Hindi पनचक्की
- पनचक्की (pancakkī)mill powered by water
Hungarian vízimalom
- vízimalommill powered by water
Icelandic vatnsmylla
- vatnsmyllamill powered by water
Italian mulino ad acqua
- mulino ad acquamill powered by water
Japanese 水車小屋, 水車場
- 水車小屋 (suishagoya)mill powered by water
- 水車場 (suishaba)mill powered by water
Korean 물레방아, 물방아
- 물레방아 (mullebang'a)mill powered by water
- 물방아 (mulbang'a)mill powered by water
Latvian ūdensdzirnavas
- ūdensdzirnavasmill powered by water
Lithuanian vandens malūnas
- vandens malūnasmill powered by water
Malay kincir air
- kincir airmill powered by water
Norwegian Bokmål vannmølle
- vannmøllemill powered by water
Persian آسیاب, آسیای آبی
- آسیاب (âsiyâb)mill powered by water
- آسیای آبی (âsyâ-ye âbi)mill powered by water
Polish młyn wodny
- młyn wodnymill powered by water
Portuguese moinho de água, moinho d’água
- moinho de águamill powered by water
- moinho d’águamill powered by water
- roda d’águamill powered by water
Romanian moară de apă
- moară de apămill powered by water
Russian водяна́я ме́льница
- водяна́я ме́льница (vodjanája mélʹnica)mill powered by water
Scottish Gaelic muileann-uisge
- muileann-uisgemill powered by water
Slovak vodný mlyn
- vodný mlynmill powered by water
Spanish molino de agua, molino hidráulico
- molino de aguamill powered by water
- molino hidráulicomill powered by water
- aceñamill powered by water
- aguaduchomill powered by water
- ceñamill powered by water
- ceniamill powered by water
Swedish vattenkvarn, vattenmölla
- vattenkvarnmill powered by water
- vattenmöllamill powered by water
Turkish su değirmeni
- su değirmenimill powered by water
Ukrainian водяни́й млин
- водяни́й млин (vodjanýj mlyn)mill powered by water
Welsh melin ddŵr
- melin ddŵrmill powered by water
Cite this entry
APA
watermill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watermill
MLA
“watermill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watermill. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “watermill,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watermill.
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