Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sluice gate

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables: sluice -gate
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.

noun

Something which restrains or releases a substantial volume, a flood, of activity, emotion, etc.

Example Sentences

""Has the miller a strong high dam to his pond, and a good stout sluice-gate at the end?""
"He also built two dams and a sluice gate that frees dammed water to operate a 14-foot undershot waterwheel."
"Golam Kibria was found floating through a sluice gate in a nearby sewer Monday morning, bringing the death toll to 74."
"[A]nd then when the fountain of her love was opened, and the sluice gate of her displeasure removed, she told him how she would pray for him till he came back safe from the wars."
"I could see her brave spirit quelling the riot of her emotions, shutting down the sluice-gate of tears."
"Mr. Betancourt is the sluice gate for communism in Venezuela."

Inflected Forms

sluice gates (plural) sluice-gate (alternative) sluicegate (alternative)

Phrases

sluice-gate price water gate

Frequently Paired Words

sluiceway floodgate watergate water gate

Questions

What does sluice gate mean?: A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.

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