Meaning

Alternative form of water cooler..

Example Sentences

Manufacturers of Fire and Thief Proof Chests, Refrigerators, Water-coolers, Filters, &c. Evans & Watson, […]

He has also in store Cortlan & Sons’ Improved Water-cooler, or Non-conductor of Heat. This is altogether the most convenient and economical water jar in use, and ought to be found in every counting-house and private family in the city.

Drinking vessels will not be used in taking medicine; nor will the taking of medicine at water-coolers be permitted.

You may say: how can we resist an enemy whose weapon is the very faucet at the sink, the very water-cooler we go to for relief in the factory or the office?

Doc - a 45 year old with a weight problem, a nicotine addiction, and a cynical attitude - lowers a shoulder-mounted Video camera and watches Joey walk to a water-cooler against a wall.

Perhaps you have not noticed it, but there is a secret and growing brotherhood in our very midst. You might have overhead a group of its members at an amateur astronomy meeting somewhere, or perhaps just an innocent conversation over the water-cooler.

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Discussion of a new bridge has been a staple of water-cooler gossip for decades.

Word Forms

• water-coolers
• more water-cooler
• most water-cooler

When Should You Use Water-cooler?

Use water-cooler when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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