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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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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. : a long inclined trough usually on the ground.
SLUICE definition: 1. an artificial channel for carrying water, with an opening at one end to control the flow of the…. Learn more.
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. 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.
1. an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice′ gate`) at the upper end for regulating the flow. 2. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate. 3. a channel, esp. one carrying off surplus water.
Anything that resembles a water slide with a gate is a sluice — a narrow channel that controls water flow.
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.
Jun 13, 2024 · sluice (plural sluices) An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow. A water gate or floodgate. Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
Sluice Definition. 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. The water held back by or passing through such a gate. A gate or valve used in opening or closing a sluice; floodgate. A body of water impounded behind a floodgate.
