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water gate

noun

1 water gate

Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.

synonyms: floodgate, head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate.

Roget 350: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau [Fr.], bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; ... show more

Dutch: schutdeur, sluisdeur


Moby thesaurus: aboideau, air lock, aqueduct, arroyo, bed, canal, creek bed, culvert, dock gate, donga, dry bed, flood-hatch, floodgate, flume, gate, gulch, gully, gullyhole, head gate, headrace ... show more.

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