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noun Energy.
a usually cylindrical structure, sometimes of very great size, in which heat is extracted from water that has been used for cooling, as in a nuclear reactor.
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Origin of cooling tower
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby cooling tower
coolie, coolie hat, cooling board, cooling degree-day, cooling-off period, cooling tower, cool it, cool jazz, cool off, cool one's heels, cool out
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How to use cooling tower in a sentence
Buildings, especially skyscrapers, have their own heat peaks—all those central cooling towers and countless window AC units just dump the hot air onto the already-sweltering pavement.
Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Environmentalism - Issue 90: Something Green|Anastasia Bendebury & Michael Shilo DeLay|October 7, 2020|NautilusThe plant can use cooling towers or wastewater to remove heat.
Buildings Consume Lots of Energy—Here’s How to Design Whole Communities That Give Back as Much as They Take|Charles F. Kutscher|May 28, 2020|Singularity HubÂ
British Dictionary definitions for cooling tower
cooling tower
noun
a tall hollow structure in which steam is condensed or water that is used as a coolant in some industrial process is allowed to cool for reuse by trickling down a surface
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