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waterwheel
noun
wa·ter·wheel
ˈwȯ-tər-ˌ(h)wēl 
ˈwä-
1
: a wheel made to rotate by direct action of water
2
: a wheel for raising water
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Inside Mutton’s Mill is a rare waterwheel, once used to drain the marshes here for agricultural purposes.
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Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Imagineering then set out to re-create the original Swiss Family Treehouse waterwheel, calling upon the company’s archives division to dig up the historical structure.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
Gone are the static animals of yore, replaced by a bevy of animatronic and mechanical critters, self-playing instruments and a dazzling, functional waterwheel, a throwback to the original Swiss Family Treehouse that opened at Disneyland in 1962.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
If Microsoft Word was the waterwheel, in other words, maybe Monday.com can be the assembly line.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023
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Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Imagineering then set out to re-create the original Swiss Family Treehouse waterwheel, calling upon the company’s archives division to dig up the historical structure.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
Gone are the static animals of yore, replaced by a bevy of animatronic and mechanical critters, self-playing instruments and a dazzling, functional waterwheel, a throwback to the original Swiss Family Treehouse that opened at Disneyland in 1962.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
If Microsoft Word was the waterwheel, in other words, maybe Monday.com can be the assembly line.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023
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waterwheel
noun
wa·ter·wheel
-ˌhwēl
-ˌwēl
: a wheel made to turn by a flow of water against it
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