cooling tower

/ˌkulɪŋ ˈtaʊər/
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Other forms: cooling towers

Definitions of cooling tower
  1. noun
    a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant
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    type of:
    cooling, cooling system
    a mechanism for keeping something cool
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