sluicenoun [ C ]
uk/sluːs/us/sluːs/also sluiceway,an artificial channel for carrying water, with an opening at one end to control the flow of the water
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Watercourses & waterfalls
- arroyo
- barrage
- bayou
- beck
- billabong
- brook
- burn
- creek
- downriver
- Euphrates
- flume
- ghat
- headwater
- Mississippi
- rapids
- rivulet
- spate
- upriver
- watercourse
- watershed
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sluiceverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]
uk/sluːs/us/sluːs/If water sluices out from somewhere, it flows in large amounts:
Water sluiced out from the pipes.
Phrasal verb(s)
sluice sth down/out