spillway

Examples

• All

• Water pours from the tunnel into the spillway of Barkley Dam.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The family homestead is in the path of the spillway of a dam constructed on the reserve.

  Academic text (2002)

• - Right where you said it would, down low next to the spillway.

  Flood! (1977)

• Get them down here and drag the bottom of this spillway.

  The Fugitive (1993)

• He's gonna open up the spillway and release a whole lot of water.

  Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2020)

• - It's about 10 feet from the bottom, on the right-hand side of the spillway.

  Flood! (1977)

• - The spillway gates won't open.

  Flood! (1977)

• I waded into the water and started my swim to the spillway.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The engineers built a new spillway to manage the excess water from the reservoir.

• During heavy rain, the spillway allows water to flow away from the dam to prevent flooding.

Synonyms

C

channel

vsspillway

57 3.8

A deep narrow waterway that ships can use

refers specifically to dam overflow paths used to prevent flooding rather than any waterway

S

spill

vsspillway

• Specialized

2 6.9

A channel that lets extra water flow from a dam to prevent flooding

is the standard compound term rather than the shorter variant

F

floodway

vsspillway

1 4.1

A channel or area that directs extra floodwater away from homes and buildings

is specific to dam overflow channels rather than broad flood routing

S

sluiceway

vsspillway

• Specialized

1 9.1

A channel that carries fast water and is controlled by a gate

lacks the specific gate control emphasis and focuses on overflow routing

W

wasteweir

vsspillway

• Specialized

9.9

A channel that carries extra water over or around a dam to stop flooding

focuses mainly on preventing flooding rather than structural protection

How Big

floodway

1 4.1

spillway

• Specialized

8 5.4

weir

15 8.2

sluice

7 7.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology