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water meter

noun

  1. a device for measuring and registering the quantity of water that passes through a pipe or other outlet.


water meter

noun

  1. a device for measuring the quantity or rate of water flowing through a pipe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of water meter1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

Smart water meters track each time a resident turns on their tap.

Here’s a useful hack to figure out if you have a leak: Check your water meter and write down the numbers.

Many people in favelas — urban, working-class neighborhoods — didn’t pay for water until three private companies assumed concessions in 2021 and began installing water meters.

A diligent plumber will also calculate the pressure loss from the height of the bathroom above the water meter, the pressure loss through the water meter, a backflow preventer and any other pressure regulators.

Where homes and other structures burned, so did their interior pipes, along with shallow-buried exterior ones that connected them to the public water line, and the water meters, Stufflebean said.

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