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NORIA
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("noria" is a kind of...):
water wheel; waterwheel (a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine)