sluice (144 synonym found)

Sluice has 144 synonyms. The top synonyms for sluice are whelm, well out, weir, way out, waterworks, water gate, water gap, water furrow and 136 more. Another word for sluice is whelm. Browse the full list below.

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What is a synonym for sluice?

A common synonym for sluice is whelm. Other synonyms include well out, weir, way out, waterworks.

How many synonyms does sluice have?

Sluice has 144 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does sluice mean?

(n): an artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate of flood gate; hence, an opening or channel through which

Definition of sluice:

(n) : an artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate of flood gate; hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply
"each sluice of affluent fortune opened soon. -Harte."
(v) : to emit by, or as by, flood gates. [R.] Milton; to wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows. Howitt
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Definition of sluice:

(n) : an artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate of flood gate; hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply
"each sluice of affluent fortune opened soon. -Harte."
(v) : to emit by, or as by, flood gates. [R.] Milton; to wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows. Howitt
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