sluice
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7.0
- noun
- /sluːs/
:
desagüe
- The engineer designed a new sluice to manage the flow of irrigation water effectively.
- sluice gate
- sluice box
- sluice-gate technology
Examples
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This is a sluice building on the Daniel Canal.
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Your sluice changed the course of the river.
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We need to find the sluice gate.
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"All right, boys, open the sluice gate."
Fiction book (1991) -
A sluice gate, half hidden behind the roof of the mill, controls the water to power the waterwheel.
Academic text (2002) -
The flows of water and gravel were channeled through sluice boxes in which gold was caught by riffles.
Academic text (1994) -
During heavy rains, the sluice allowed excess water to drain away from the fields.
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The town built a sluice to redirect river water, preventing flooding in the nearby streets.
Synonyms
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9.1
A channel that carries fast water and is controlled by a gate
A large pipe or channel that carries water to a turbine
A narrow ditch made by people that drains water from fields
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.5
A gate that opens to let water flow and closes to stop it in a river or canal
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sluice comes from an old Germanic word for a sliding gate used to control water, so imagine a water 'slide' or door that opens to let water through. That's why a sluice is a channel or gate for directing the flow of water.