Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who waters, in any sense of the word: as, a stock-waterer.
- noun That with which one waters; a vessel, utensil, or other contrivance for sprinkling water on plants, watering animals, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, waters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun of the verb, towater ; one who waters. - noun A
device used for watering. - noun A
device from whichlivestock orpoultry may drink.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who waters plants or crops
- noun an assistant who supplies drinking water
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word waterer.
Examples
-
I once shot a hole in a galvanized steel chicken waterer with one of those 65 gr SSS .22 rounds while shooting at a possum in the hen house through a nopen access door.
-
I once shot a hole in a galvanized steel chicken waterer with one of those 65 gr SSS .22 rounds while shooting at a possum in the hen house through a nopen access door.
-
Darn thing went clean through the now deceased possum and both sides of the waterer.
-
Darn thing went clean through the now deceased possum and both sides of the waterer.
-
If there are automatic waterers, the staff will check to make sure nobody has made hay soup and/or pooped in his waterer.
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » A Day in the Life of a Horse Farm 2010
-
They did not need to be watered yet, but I held the plastic plant waterer up to them, to see what it would be like to water them.
The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010
-
Dip their little heads in the poultry waterer and soon they will be dipping their beaks into the water and raising their heads to swallow it down.
Archive 2009-06-01 Gumbo Lily 2009
-
Dip their little heads in the poultry waterer and soon they will be dipping their beaks into the water and raising their heads to swallow it down.
Starting chicks.... Gumbo Lily 2009
-
I went to Lowe's and asked for plants that could withstand intense heat and an absent waterer.
Gardening: Maybe I Don't Suck MissJordyPants 2008
-
I went to Lowe's and asked for plants that could withstand intense heat and an absent waterer.
Archive 2008-06-01 MissJordyPants 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.