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sluice
noun
(sluice)
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
Synonyms:
penstock
,
sluiceway
,
sluice
verb
(sluice)
irrigate with water from a sluice
Synonyms:
flush
,
Examples:
Sluice the earth.
sluice
verb
(sluice)
pour as if from a sluice
Synonyms:
sluice down,
Examples:
An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef.
sluice
verb
(sluice)
draw through a sluice
Examples:
Sluice water.
sluice
verb
(sluice)
transport in or send down a sluice
Examples:
Sluice logs.
Words Related to
sluice
!
sluiceway
,
penstock
,
flush
,
sluice down
,
reservoir
,
valve
,
gate
,
container
,
tank
,
lock
,
shell
,
joke
,
race
,
spillway
,
floodgate
,
dam
,
weir
,
culvert
,
dredge
,
flume
,
silt
,
dike
,
drainage
,
drain
,
watercourse
,
canal
,
tailrace
,
outfall
,
tributary
,
inlet
,
cistern
,
overflow
,
sump
,
septic tank
,
unsluice
,
millrace
,
soakaway
,
reservior
,
bighorn river
,
forebay
,
headrace
,
batardeau
,
river
,
anicut
,
distributary
,
riverbed
,
gabion
,
nala
,
gravels
,
aqueduct
,
creek
,
feitsui
,
brook
,
cofferdam
,
saltern
,
freshet
,
froth flotation
,
underflow
,
riffles
,
clarifiers
,
sutlej
,
oxbow
,
dyke
,
rills
,
upflow
,
gabions
,
stopcock
,
lagoon
,
lake
,
headwater
,
flocculant
,
earthen
,
cruive
,
bailey bridge
,
streambed
,
vlei
,
spiles
,
millpond
,
posthole
,
mines
,
sieves
,
manway
,
flushing
,
coulee
,
dnieper
,
strainers
,
zambezi river
,
drainpipe
,
embankments
,
alluvial soil
,
tramming
,
brahmaputra river
,
irtysh
,
fumaroles
,
underdrain
,
quarry
,
riverbank
,
tailings
,
shaft
,
braes
,
sluice
Examples by Brain Bank Users
By: Jamie
From:
Words From Novels or Stories - Nov 2018
The rain was sluicing, the kids had to stay inside