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- Dictionarysluice/sluːs/
noun
- 1. a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate: "the water gushed through the sluices"
- 2. an act of rinsing or showering with water: "a sluice with cold water"
verb
- 1. wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water: "she sluiced her face in cold water" Similar
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A sluice (/ slus / SLOOS) is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level. It can also be an open channel which processes material, such as a river sluice used in gold prospecting or fossicking. A mill race, leet, flume, penstock or lade is a sluice channeling water toward a water mill.
noun. ˈslüs. Synonyms of sluice. 1. a. : an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow. b. : a body of water pent up behind a floodgate. 2. : a dock gate : floodgate. 3. a. : a stream flowing through a floodgate. b. : a channel to drain or carry off surplus water. 4.
SLUICE definition: 1. an artificial channel for carrying water, with an opening at one end to control the flow of the…. Learn more.
noun. an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate sluice gate at the upper end for regulating the flow. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate. any contrivance for regulating a flow from or into a receptacle. a channel, especially one carrying off surplus water; drain. a stream of surplus water.
noun. conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate. synonyms: penstock, sluiceway. see more. type of: conduit. a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass. verb. pour as if from a sluice. “An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef” synonyms: sluice down. see more. type of:
A sluice is a passage that carries a current of water and has a barrier, called a sluice gate, which can be opened and closed to control the flow of water.
SLUICE meaning: 1. an artificial channel for carrying water, with an opening at one end to control the flow of the…. Learn more.
n. 1. a. An artificial channel for conducting water, with a valve or gate to regulate the flow: sluices connecting a reservoir with irrigated fields. b. A valve or gate used in such a channel; a floodgate: open sluices to flood a dry dock. Also called sluice gate. 2. A body of water impounded behind a floodgate. 3. A sluiceway. 4.
A sluice is a passage that carries a current of water and has a barrier, called a sluice gate, which can be opened and closed to control the flow of water. [...]
noun. sluices. An artificial channel or passage for water, having a gate or valve at its head to regulate the flow, as in a canal or millstream. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. The water held back by or passing through such a gate. Webster's New World. A gate or valve used in opening or closing a sluice; floodgate. Webster's New World.
