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WATER HAMMER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water hammer mean?
• WATER HAMMER (noun)
The noun WATER HAMMER has 1 sense:
1. the banging sound of steam in pipes
Familiarity information: WATER HAMMER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The banging sound of steam in pipes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("water hammer" is a kind of...):
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