waterpower
noun
wa·ter·pow·er
ˈwȯ-tər-ˌpau̇(-ə)r 
ˈwä-
1
: the power of water employed to move machinery
2
: a fall of water suitable for being used to move machinery
Examples of waterpower in a Sentence
Waterpower is a renewable source of energy.
Recent Examples on the Web
No one denies that almost every man has to make a living, that trees have to be cut down, that waterpower is necessary, that sheep have to graze; no one is so foolish as to try to abolish automobiles.
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Justin Beal, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
Its peculiar waterpower turbine — original to the building — is still on site.
—Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
Flour mills are built, using the falls’ power, until electricity replaces its waterpower.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2019
Justin Beal, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
Its peculiar waterpower turbine — original to the building — is still on site.
—Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
Flour mills are built, using the falls’ power, until electricity replaces its waterpower.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2019
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First Known Use
1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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waterpower
noun
wa·ter·pow·er
ˈwȯt-ər-ˌpau̇(-ə)r
ˈwät-
: the power of moving water used to run machinery (as for generating electricity)
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