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)

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