water cooler

Etymology 1
For the gossip sense, compare, of similar origin.

Noun

 * 1) A dispenser of cooled drinking water.
 * 2)  A location in the workplace where employees gather to chat or gossip.

Translations

 * Arabic: بَرَّاد
 * Hijazi Arabic: بَرَّادة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: vesiautomaatti
 * Plautdietsch: Wotakjeela
 * Portuguese: bebedouro (refrigerado)
 * Thai: ตู้กดน้ำ


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: vesiautomaatti
 * Portuguese:

Etymology 2
Attributive use of the noun.

Adjective

 * 1) Of the nature of things discussed around a water cooler.
 * In those days The Late Show was Monday water cooler topic du jour.

Etymology 3
A category of cooling device.

Noun

 * 1) A type of cooling device that uses water as the heat transfer medium.