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SLUICEWAY Synonyms

There are 8 synonyms of the word sluiceway. (exact relations)
There are 9 hypernyms of the word sluiceway. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for SLUICEWAY

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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

ditch
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a long narrow excavation in the earth

• any small natural waterway

verb

• forsake

• throw away

• sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly

• make an emergency landing on water

• crash or crash-land

• cut a trench in, as for drainage

floodgate
nounn
noun

• something that restrains a flood or outpouring

• regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice

waterway
nounn
noun

• a navigable body of water

• a conduit through which water flows

penstock
nounn
noun

• regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice

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

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

Best Hypernyms For SLUICEWAY

Here is a list of related hypernyms for sluiceway, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (9)
conduit aqueduct channel drain flume gutter passage trough watercourse

Alternatives for AQUEDUCT

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