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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sluice /slus/USA pronunciation n., v., sluiced, sluic•ing. n. [countable] - Civil Engineeringan artificial channel for conducting water, often with a gate (ˈsluice ˌgate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- Civil Engineeringthe body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate.
- Civil Engineeringa channel, esp. one carrying off surplus water or moving solid matter.
v. [~ + object] - to let out (water) by opening a sluice.
- Civil Engineeringto flush with a rush of water:to sluice the decks of a ship.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sluice (slo̅o̅s),USA pronunciation n., v., sluiced, sluic•ing. n. - Civil Engineeringan artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice′ gate′) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- Civil Engineeringthe body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate.
- Civil Engineeringany contrivance for regulating a flow from or into a receptacle.
- Civil Engineeringa channel, esp. one carrying off surplus water;
drain. - Civil Engineeringa stream of surplus water.
- Civil Engineeringan artificial stream or channel of water for moving solid matter:a lumbering sluice.
- MiningAlso called sluice′ box′. a long, sloping trough or the like, with grooves on the bottom, into which water is directed to separate gold from gravel or sand.
v.t. - to let out (water) by or as if by opening a sluice.
- to drain (a pond, lake, etc.) by or as if by opening a sluice.
- Civil Engineeringto open a sluice upon.
- Civil Engineeringto flush or cleanse with a rush of water:to sluice the decks of a boat.
- Miningto wash in a sluice.
- Civil Engineeringto send (logs) down a sluiceway.
v.i. - to flow or pour through or as if through a sluice.
- Late Latin exclūsa, a water barrier, noun, nominal use of feminine of Latin exclūsus, past participle of exclūdere to exclude
- Old French escluse
- Middle English scluse (noun, nominal) 1300–50
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