Dictionary Only:
Profanity Off:

FISHWAY Synonyms

There are 9 synonyms of the word fishway. (exact relations)
There are 2 hypernyms of the word fishway. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for FISHWAY

Expand?WordSave?More Syns..UsageType
aqueduct
nounn
noun

• a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley

channel
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a path over which electrical signals can pass

• a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through

• a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

• a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels

• (often plural) a means of communication or access

• a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

• a television station and its programs

• a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors

verb

• transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

• direct the flow of

• send from one person or place to another

conduit
nounn
noun

• a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass

flume
nounn
noun

• a narrow gorge with a stream running through it

• watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs

passage
nounn
noun

• the act of passing from one state or place to the next

• a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

• a way through or along which someone or something may pass

• the passing of a law by a legislative body

• a journey usually by ship

• a short section of a musical composition

• a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

• a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

• the motion of one object relative to another

• the act of passing something to another person

sluice
verb, nounv, n
noun

• conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

verb

• pour as if from a sluice

• irrigate with water from a sluice

• transport in or send down a sluice

• draw through a sluice

spillway
nounn
noun

• a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

waterway
nounn
noun

• a navigable body of water

• a conduit through which water flows

fish ladder
nounn
noun

• a series of ascending pools providing a passage for salmon to swim upstream past a dam

Best Hypernyms For FISHWAY

Here is a list of related hypernyms for fishway, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (2)
passage structure

Alternatives for AQUEDUCT

WordDB Icon
WordDB
United Kingdom
Download the WordDB app directly on your home screen for instant access. No App Store necessary, less than 1MB storage, always up-to-date and secure.
1.
Tap on share button
2.
Tap on Add To Home Screenadd button
3.
Find WordDB App Icon on your home screen