sluice (144 synonym found)

Sluice has 144 synonyms. The top synonyms for sluice are bath, headchute, sluice gate, wash out, lock gate, loophole, dock gate, emunctory and 136 more. Another word for sluice is bath. Browse the full list below.

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What is a synonym for sluice?

A common synonym for sluice is bath. Other synonyms include headchute, sluice gate, wash out, lock gate.

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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