English Explanatory Dictionary

sluice gate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.
  2. Something which restrains or releases a substantial volume, a flood, of activity, emotion, etc.

Word forms

sluice gate sluice gates sluice-gate sluicegate

Related words

sluiceway floodgate watergate water gate

Derived words

sluice-gate price
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