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Vinony

watermill

noun

  1. structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From water + mill.

  1. A mill powered by water.

    “Near-synonym: water engine”

  2. A mill powered by water.

    “Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity.”