water-cool

[waw-ter-kool, wot-er-]

verb (used with object)

1. to cool by means of water, especially by water circulating in pipes or a water jacket, as an engine or machine gun.

water-cool

verb

1. (tr) to cool (an engine, etc) by a flow of water circulating in an enclosed jacket Compare air-cool

Other Word Forms

• water-cooled adjective
• water-cooling adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of water-cool¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The text is as rhythmic and spare as the oldest fairy tales, its water-cool tone contrasting eerily with the mouse’s escalating peril.

From New York Times