floodway
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈflʌdˌweɪ/
:
canal de desagüe
- The city constructed a new floodway to manage excess water during heavy rains and protect nearby homes.
- spillways and floodways
- floodway project
Examples
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Engineers designed the floodway to redirect water away from the town, reducing the risk of damage during storms.
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Ultimately, the floodway system entered the lower Sacramento River in the northwestern delta.
Academic text (1994) -
Some floodways and reservoirs have also proven inadequate in coping with great floods.
Academic text (1993) -
Attention extended to other supplemental structural measures, such as reservoirs, fuse-plug levees, floodways, and channel improvements.
Academic text (1993) -
These turned up at a site called Burkett, where the Army Corps of Engineers contracted with Lafferty to check for archaeological sites in a floodway behind levees near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
Academic text (2006) -
During a major storm, the floodway effectively carried excess water away from the city, preventing severe flooding.
Synonyms
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3.8
A deep narrow waterway that ships can use
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3.0
A pipe under the street that carries away rainwater
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5.4
A channel that carries extra water over a dam to prevent flooding
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6.9
A channel that lets extra water flow from a dam to prevent flooding
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4.8
A channel, natural or man-made, where water flows like a river
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9.1
A channel that carries fast water and is controlled by a gate
A pipe or channel that carries rainwater away from streets and buildings
The natural channel that a river follows through the land
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Etymology
Floodway is a simple compound of flood ('a large flow of water') and way ('a path'). It literally means a path or channel that guides extra water away from towns and buildings, which is why a floodway is used to carry floodwater safely around populated places.