sluice.

1. A gate or channel used to control the flow of water.

2. To wash or carry something away with a strong flow of water.

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Words that belong together

• sluice gate
• open the sluice

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The keeper opened the sluice before the reservoir reached the wall.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular sluice; plural sluices. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: sluices.