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WATER GAUGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does water gauge mean? 

WATER GAUGE (noun)
  The noun WATER GAUGE has 1 sense:

1. gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoirplay

  Familiarity information: WATER GAUGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATER GAUGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

water gage; water gauge; water glass

Hypernyms ("water gauge" is a kind of...):

gage; gauge (a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water gauge"):

water level (a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube)


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