spillway channel
1spillway — ☆ spillway [spil′wā΄ ] n. [ SPILL1 + WAY] a passageway or channel to carry off excess water, as around a dam …
2Spillway — Chute spillway of Llyn Brianne dam in Wales A spillway is a structure used to provide the controlled release of flows from a dam or levee into a downstream area, typically being the river that was dammed. In the UK they may be known as overflow… …
3channel — 1. noun 1) sailing the North Channel Syn: strait(s), sound, narrows, passage, sea passage 2) the water ran down a channel Syn: duct, gutter, conduit, trough, culvert, sluice, s …
4spillway — /spil way /, n. a passageway through which surplus water escapes from a reservoir, lake, or the like. [1885 90; SPILL1 + WAY1] * * * ▪ engineering passage for surplus water over or around a dam when the reservoir itself is full. Spillways are… …
5spillway — Synonyms and related words: aqueduct, arroyo, bed, canal, creek bed, culvert, donga, dry bed, flume, gulch, gully, gullyhole, headrace, irrigation ditch, nullah, race, river bed, riverway, runnel, sluice, spillbox, stream bed, streamway, swash,… …
6spillway — A groove or channel through which food may pass from the occlusal surfaces of teeth during the masticatory process. SYN: sluiceway. * * * spill·way (spilґwa) embrasure …
7spillway — n. channel which directs surplus water away from a reservoir or lake …
8spillway — A channel to carry off water from a reservoir. See spill …
9Morganza Spillway — The Morganza Spillway, between the Mississippi River and the Atchafalaya Basin, shown while open in 1973. Water flows from the Mississippi (upper right) into the Morganza Floodway (lower left). The Morganza Spillway or Morganza Control Structure… …
10Bonnet Carré Spillway — The Bonnet Carré Spillway is a flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana about 12 miles west of New Orleans it allows floodwaters from the Mississippi River to flow into Lake Pontchartrain… …
