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   sluice

   /sluːs/

   noun

   • 1. a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate: "the water gushed through the sluices"
   • ▪ an artificial water channel for carrying off overflow or surplus water.
   • ▪ (in gold mining) a channel or trough constructed with grooves into which a current of water is directed in order to separate gold from the ore containing it.
   • 2. an act of rinsing or showering with water: "a sluice with cold water"

   verb

   • 1. wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water: "she sluiced her face in cold water" Similar washwash downrinseswill downcleancleanseflush
   • ▪ (of water) pour or flow freely: "the waves sluiced over them" Similar pourflowrungushcascadestreamcoursespoutjetspurtfloodsurgespillrushwellspewdischargeinformal:slooshrare:disembogue

   Word Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old French escluse ‘sluice gate’, based on Latin excludere ‘exclude’. The verb dates from the late 16th century.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   The meaning of SLUICE is an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow. How to use sluice in a sentence.

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   A sluice (/ s l u s / SLOOS) is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level. It can also be an open channel which processes material, such as a river sluice used in gold prospecting or fossicking .

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   noun. an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate sluice gate at the upper end for regulating the flow. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate. any contrivance for regulating a flow from or into a receptacle.

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   Definition of sluice noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSLUICE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   A sluice is a passage that carries a current of water and has a barrier, called a sluice gate, which can be opened and closed to control the flow of water.