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Meaning of "water cooler" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WATER COOLER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WATER COOLER

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Water cooler is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WATER COOLER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

water cooler

Water cooler

A water cooler or water dispenser is a device that cools and dispenses water. They are generally broken up in two categories: bottleless and bottled water coolers. Bottleless water coolers are hooked up to a water supply, while bottled water coolers require delivery of water in large bottles from vendors.

Definition of water cooler in the English dictionary

The first definition of water cooler in the dictionary is a device for cooling and dispensing drinking water. Other definition of water cooler is indicating the kind of informal conversation among office staff that takes place at such a dispenser. Water cooler is also indicating an event, television programme, etc, sufficiently controversial or otherwise noteworthy to provide subject matter for such conversations.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WATER COOLER

water bug
water butt
water caltrop
water cannon
water carrier
water cart
water chestnut
water chinquapin
water clock
water closet
water cracker
water crake
water crowfoot
water cure
water cycle
water diviner
water divining
water dog
water down
water dropwort

WORDS THAT END LIKE WATER COOLER

butter cooler
cajoler
caroler
carpooler
choler
consoler
cooler
deschooler
desert cooler
gaoler
home-schooler
intercooler
oil cooler
poler
pooler
preschooler
spooler
tooler
violer
wine cooler

Synonyms and antonyms of water cooler in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «water cooler» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATER COOLER

Find out the translation of water cooler to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of water cooler from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «water cooler» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

水冷却器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enfriador de agua
570 millions of speakers

English

water cooler
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पानी कूलर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

برودة المياه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кулер для воды
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

refrigerador de água
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জল কুলার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

refroidisseur d´eau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

penyejuk air
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kühltank
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウォータークーラー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

워터 쿨러
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banyu adhem
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nước mát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீர் குளிர்விப்பான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाणी थंड करणारे यंत्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

su soğutucusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

radiatore acqua
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chłodnica wody
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кулер для води
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cooler de apă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψύκτη νερού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

water koeler
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vattenkylare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vannkjøler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of water cooler

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER COOLER»

The term «water cooler» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.606 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER COOLER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about water cooler

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5 QUOTES WITH «WATER COOLER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word water cooler.
1
Dick Costolo
Twitter is the perfect complement to television. TV has always been social. You talk to the person you're sitting next to on the couch. You talk to the people you're - you know, at work with the next day around the proverbial water cooler.
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Mike Farrell
People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water cooler.
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John Krasinski
My favorite water cooler topic is fantasy football. I used to make fun of friends for doing it and now I'm obsessed.
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Kal Penn
The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's 'How are your parents doing?'
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Padmasree Warrior
I have 1.4 million followers on Twitter. I get very interesting, sometimes very diverse input from my followers. So it's sort of like this water cooler, digital water cooler, if you want to think about it, where you go and you listen to conversations that are happening that perhaps will shape your thinking.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATER COOLER»

Discover the use of water cooler in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to water cooler and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Enemy at the Water Cooler: True Stories of Insider Threats ...
They represent the next wave of security threats but still possess nowhere near the devastating potential of the most insidious threat: the insider. This is not the bored 16-year-old hacker.
Brian T Contos, 2006
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Water Cooler Diaries: Women Across America Share Their Day ...
Collects full-day diaries, all written on March 27, 2007, offering a glimpse into the real world of women in the workplace ranging from a public relations director to a stay-at-home mom.
Joni B. Cole, B. K. Rakhra, 2008
3
By the Water Cooler
A smart, witty tale of messy work, quirky colleagues and a wily attempt to tame both.
Parul Sharma, 2010
4
60 People to Avoid at the Water Cooler
A hilarious look inside the world of business introduces readers to sixty "colleagues" that every cubicle dweller wishes to avoid, including The Condescending I.T. Guy, The Prairie Dog, and The Copy Machine Fascist.
Josh Aiello, 2004
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The Watercooler Effect: A Psychologist Explores the ...
Shows that the process that gives rise to national rumors is fundamentally the same as those that arise around the company watercooler.
Nicholas DiFonzo, 2008
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The Müselmann at the Water Cooler: A Study of Survival in ...
A survivor of concentration camps and the Death March, Eli Pfefferkorn looks back on his Holocaust and post-Holocaust experiences to compare patterns of human behavior in extremis with those of ordinary life.
Eli Pfefferkorn, 2012
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Enemy at the Water Cooler
CompX Digital. —Amit Yoran is an information security expert and entrepreneur. A West Point graduate, Amit worked for the Department of Defense's Computer Emergency Response Team responding to computer incidents affecting the U.S.  ...
CompX Digital
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Dear Jean: What They Don't Teach You at the Water Cooler
The sneak peek DEAR JEAN gives you into the lives of people in the office, will make you laugh out loud, and more importantly, it will make you think. No rocks in the road are left unexposed.
Jean Kelley, 2000
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Drinking Water Regulation and Health
The term ''repair'' means, with respect to a drinking water cooler, to take such corrective action as is necessary to ensure that water cooler is lead-free. (5) Replacement. The term ''replacement,'' when used with respect to a drinking water ...
Frederick Pontius, 2003
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Technology of Bottled Water
The complete Watertrail is a relatively low-cost disposable item, which is easily and quickly removed from the water cooler and replaced with a new one, the old one being disposed of. Sanitation of the water cooler is not required after ...
Dorothy A. G. Senior, Nicholas Dege, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATER COOLER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term water cooler is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fractal Design Intros Expandable T12, S24, and S36 Water Coolers
Fractal Design finally makes its entry into all-in-one water cooling, and it does so with a statement. At Computex 2014 we first saw Fractal Design's water cooling ... «Tom's Hardware, Dec 14»
2
With rivers heating up, California resorting to giant water coolers to …
Larry Collins of the San Francisco Crab Boat Association holds up a salmon during a protest against Proposition 1 the state water bond at Fisherman's Wharf ... «Fox Business, Oct 14»
3
Couple clings to water cooler after boat sinks
All that Gryb said the couple had to cling to was a water cooler because the life jackets floated ... Gryb prayed that the cooler wouldn't fill with water and sink. «ABC Action News, Jun 14»
4
The Water Cooler Runs Dry
Both literally and figuratively, the so-called water-cooler show is fading fast, a reality underscored by a fact that I stumbled across in last week's edition of The ... «New York Times, Apr 14»
5
A Small Upstart to Oversee Ad Agencies
Mr. Young is becoming president of the Water Cooler Group, which is being formed to be the parent of four agencies — Bolt, Hip Genius, Maude and Media ... «New York Times, Aug 13»
6
Missouri high school girls basketball team drinks urine in water
An entire Missouri girls basketball team drank diluted urine after prankster players from a rival high school tampered with their water cooler. Four girls from the ... «New York Daily News, Mar 13»
7
IBM deploys hot-water cooled supercomputer
On a high level, Aquasar looks like any standard water cooler: water is pumped in one side of the blade, circulates throughout the system, and is pumped out. «ExtremeTech, Jun 12»
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Vermont Bottled Water Dilemma
MONTPELIER, Vt. — At the state maintenance garage where Lori Girard-Pion works, the water cooler isn't a luxury. It's a necessity, especially for the mechanics ... «Huffington Post, Jul 11»
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Brian Wilson destroyed a water cooler last night
After blowing his second save in as many days last night against the Tigers, Brian Wilson took his frustrations to a water cooler in the dugout. The bearded closer ... «msnbc.com, Jul 11»
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Antec Kuhler H20 920 CPU Water Cooler Review
Antec has been around for as long as I can remember; my very first custom system I built used an Antec case. Now Antec has thrown their hat into the cooling ... «Legit Reviews, Apr 11»

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