watter

[ wot-er ]

/ ˈwɒt ər /

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noun Informal.

a light bulb, radio station, etc., of specified wattage (usually used in combination): This lamp takes a 60-watter.

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Origin of watter

watt + -er¹

Words nearby watter

watt, wattage, Watteau, Watteau back, Wattenscheid, watter, Watterson, watt-hour, Watt, James, wattle, wattle and daub

How to use watter in a sentence

He and I were living “doon the watter,” at Dunoon, on the Clyde, one summer month.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
De aint no watter bout it; its fire, an I done come ter settle up, asserted Mammy.
Three Little Women|Gabrielle E. Jackson
In using the word water, he pronounced it in his native Doric as "watter."
Scotch Wit and Humor|W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe
A certain remedial "watter," used in Scotland by wise women or herbalists, is supposed to have contained the same ingredient.
Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles|Daniel Hack Tuke

As for meate we wanted none, as we had a store of staggs along ye watter-side.
Crooked Trails|Frederic Remington