(to) sluice

  • 31sluice — a structure for impounding the water of a river or canal with a sluice gate controlling the water volume …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 32sluice — noun Sluice is used before these nouns: ↑gate …

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  • 33sluice — [14] A sluice is etymologically a device for ‘excluding’ water. The word comes via Old French escluse from Gallo Roman *exclūsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of Latin exclūdere ‘shut out’ (source of English exclude [14]). This was a …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 34sluice-gate — n. Flood gate, water gate, sluice …

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  • 35sluice — [sluːs] verb [T] I to wash something with a flow of water II noun [C] sluice [sluːs] a passage that water flows along, with a gate that can be closed to control the flow …

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  • 36sluice — šliuzas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Drėkinimo, vandens gausinimo, vandentiekio kanalo hidrotechninis įrenginys vandens naudojimo režimui reguliuoti. atitikmenys: angl. lock; sluice vok. Schlüsse, m rus. шлюз, m …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 37sluice — šliuzas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Hidrotechninis įrenginys laivams, žuvims perkelti iš skirtingo lygio vandens baseinų. atitikmenys: angl. lock; sluice vok. Schlüsse, m rus. шлюз, m …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 38sluice — [14] A sluice is etymologically a device for ‘excluding’ water. The word comes via Old French escluse from Gallo Roman *exclūsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of Latin exclūdere ‘shut out’ (source of English exclude [14]). This was a …

    Word origins

  • 39sluice box — noun : a single section usually about 12 feet long of a gold mining sluice …

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  • 40sluice gate — noun : the sliding gate of a sluice …

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