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†;
arroyo;
adit†,
aqueduct,
canal,
trough,
gutter,
pantile;
flume,
ingate†,
runner;
lock-weir,
tedge†;
vena†;
dike,
main,
gully,
moat,
ditch,
drain,
sewer,
culvert,
cloaca,
sough,
kennel,
siphon;
piscina†;
pipe
etc.
(tube)
260;
funnel;
tunnel
etc.
(passage)
627;
water pipe,
waste pipe;
emunctory†,
gully hole,
artery,
aorta,
pore,
spout,
scupper;
adjutage†,
ajutage†;
hose;
gargoyle;
gurgoyle†;
penstock,
weir;
flood gate,
water gate;
sluice,
lock,
valve;
rose;
waterworks.
pipeline.
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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, irrigation ditch, lock, lock gate, nullah, penstock, race, river bed, riverway, runnel, sluice, sluice gate, spillbox, spillway, stream bed, streamway, swash, swash channel, tailrace, tide gate, wadi, water carrier, water channel, water furrow, water gap, watercourse, waterway, waterworks, weir ... show more.
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