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Sluice Gate Crossword Clue

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noun

• a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it

• device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone

• control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid

• the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs

• one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods

50%11Sluice gate components
noun

• boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height

43%10 Operator of a sluice gate
noun

• a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal)

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New York Times17 Apr 1977 Across 102
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