menara air
التعريفات والمعاني
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Compound of menara (“tower”) + air (“water”). Calque of Dutch watertoren.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /məˌnara ˈair/ [məˌna.ra ˈa.ɪr]
Rhymes: -air
Syllabification: me‧na‧ra air
=== Noun ===
menara air (plural menara-menara air)
water tower: a large tank of water, in an elevated position, acting as a local reservoir; water is pumped into the tank and fed by gravity to the consumers
Synonym: waduk
=== Further reading ===
“menara air”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016