SLUICEWAYS Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word sluiceways. (close relations)
Definition of SLUICEWAYS
sluiceway
Best Alternative Words for SLUICEWAYS
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channels | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • official routes of communication | ||||||||
canals | nounn | |||||||
noun • (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance • long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation verb • provide (a city) with a canal | ||||||||
conduits | nounn | |||||||
noun • a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass | ||||||||
ducts | nounn | |||||||
noun • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance • a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls • an enclosed conduit for a fluid | ||||||||
passages | 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 | ||||||||
pipes | nounn | |||||||
noun • a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco • a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. • a hollow cylindrical shape • a tubular wind instrument • the flues and stops on a pipe organ verb • utter a shrill cry • transport by pipeline • play on a pipe • trim with piping | ||||||||
tubes | nounn | |||||||
noun • conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases • electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope • a hollow cylindrical shape • (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure • an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) verb • provide with a tube or insert a tube into • convey in a tube • ride or float on an inflated tube • place or enclose in a tube | ||||||||
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 |