Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
water meter
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ This period can be reduced if you are allowed to install the water meter yourself.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Water meter
Water meter \Wa"ter me"ter\ A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main.
Wiktionary
water meter
n. a device used to measure the volume of water usage
WordNet
water meter
n. meter for measuring the quantity of water passing through a particular outlet
Usage examples of "water meter".
A sudden fear hit her and she gasped and stood on tiptoe to look at the water meter.
Usually, I pretend I'm reading a water meter or checking for gas leaks, any officious task that necessitates crawling through somebody's bushes and tampering with their security systems.
The guy must have caught a foot on a water meter and gone down sprawling.