watter

American

[wot-er] / ˈwɒt ər /

noun

Informal.

a light bulb, radio station, etc., of specified wattage (usually used in combination).

This lamp takes a 60-watter.

Etymology

Origin of watter

watt + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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TS Queen Mary was built in 1933 by shipbuilders William Denny in Dumbarton, for many years providing "doon the watter" trips from Glasgow to destinations such as Dunoon, Rothesay, Millport and Arran.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2023

It'd be a lot cooler if we brought back "watter" with two T's, "stopp'd" with two P's and "holling" with two L's.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 31, 2020

At first, Glaswegians mainly used their break to head "doon the watter", taking steamboats down the Clyde to the Ayrshire coast.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2014

Cottell began experimenting with mixtures of oil and watter.

From Time Magazine Archive

He keeps well back from the watter also.

From The Eagle Cliff by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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