Meaning of Sluice | Babel Free
sluːsDefinitions
- An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- A water gate or floodgate.
- Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
- The stream flowing through a floodgate.
- A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth.
- An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing.
Equivalents
Català
àbac
Čeština
propust
Ελληνικά
υδατοφράκτης
Esperanto
kluzo
Français
écluse
Magyar
zsilip
Հայերեն
ջրարգելակ
Bahasa Indonesia
pintu air
Italiano
allagare
bagnare
canale artificiale
canale di scarico
cataratta
cateratta
chiusa
drenaggio
inondare
intridere
lavare
paratoia
saracinesca
scolmatore
Kurdî
çong
Nederlands
sluis
Português
eclusa
Русский
шлюз
Svenska
sluss
Türkçe
cetvel
Tiếng Việt
còng
Examples
“At leaſt, I'm ſure I can fiſh it out of her. She's the very Sluce to her Lady's Secrets;—'Tis but ſetting her Mill agoing, and I can drein her of 'em all.”
“Each sluice of affluent fortune open'd soon.”
“This home familiarity […] opens the sluices of sensibility.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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