water cooler
water cooler · water coolers
A dispenser of cooled drinking waterA dispenser of cooled drinking water.
» The water cooler is out of order.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesA dispenser of cooled drinking water.
a device for cooling and dispensing drinking water
(figuratively)A location in the workplace where employees gather to chat or gossip.
A type of cooling device that uses water as the heat transfer medium.
Examples
3 sentencesThe water cooler is out of order.
Ziri had a bottle of water in the cooler.
The water cooler shattered.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
For the gossip sense, compare scuttlebutt, of similar origin.For the gossip sense, compare scuttlebutt, of similar origin.
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