waterhead
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.19 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A portion of a device or system where water is stored before it is used, such as a header tank.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "It is bounded to the southward by a line of springs or waterheads, which is also the northern boundary of the tract called the Terrai , one equally distinguished with the former from the souther plain country, but occasionally annexed to it and occasionally to the hills."
- "Pukaki means a river source, the waterhead; so the name is literally descriptive."
- "At the true waterhead, where the road from Hawkshead joins the road round the lake, used to stand the Old Waterhead Inn."
- "In my Report on the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire, the first volume of which, treating the surface, minerals, rivers, &c. is now in the press, An alphabetical List of the most remarkable Mountains, Hills and Eminences has been printed, referring to a small Map of 41 principal Ridges, or ranges of high ground, called waterheads, which divide the drainages to 32 rivers and rivulets , in and near Derbyshire."
- "Forty major waterhead forestry conservation zones with a combined area of 800,000 ha have been designated in the Guangxi Autonomous Region, and related regulations on the management of these forests have been proclaimed, according to the regional authorities."
- "The Kontum Highland area, near Kontum and Plei Ku, is the waterhead of the Sesan, while the Darlac Plain, near Ban Me Thuot, is the Srepok waterhead."