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water wheel definition

water wheel

  1. a wheel turned by water running against or falling on paddles, used as a source of power
  2. a wheel with buckets on its rim, used for lifting water

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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