water cooler
noun
a container for holding drinking water that is cooled and drawn off by a faucet or spigot.
water coolers
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pluralof water cooler.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The department and the New York City Mayor's Office did not respond to a question from the BBC about whether it had finished testing all the water coolers this week.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Social media, for better or worse, has made it even easier for fans to interact with AP voters, taking their spirited conversations from water coolers to the internet.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
Internal communication channels and discussion boards like Slack can stand in as virtual hallways and water coolers.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022
It arrived in theaters preceded by months of controversy and hype, became the hot topic around water coolers and in newspaper editorials, and grossed an astonishing $352 million worldwide.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
Half of the waiting crowd scattered to telephone to the fire department and the other half ran for the water coolers.
From Betty Gordon in Washington by Alice B. Emerson
