wa·ter cool·er

wa·ter cool·er
/ˈwɑːtɚˌkuːlɚ/ noun, pl ⋯ -ers [count]
: a machine that cools and stores water for drinking and that is usually found in offices and public buildings
— often used to refer to the kind of informal conversations that people have in an office when they are not doing work

We always talked baseball around the water cooler.

He tried to avoid the water cooler gossip at the office.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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