waterwheel

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond
noun a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine

The climax of this spectacle is the Waterwheels. — The Book of the National Parks, Robert Sterling Yard
Next morning the prince came early to the garden, and found the ox busy with the waterwheel. — The Grey Fairy Book, Unknown
We know that where the waterwheels formerly spread the water from the rivers over the fields, is now a desert; and that, except the fighting men, the people perish from hunger. — With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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