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- Dictionarysluice/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"
- 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
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Learn the meaning of sluice as a noun and a verb, with synonyms, examples, and word history. A sluice is an artificial passage for water, a body of water held back by a gate, or a device for controlling the flow of water.
Sluice can be a noun or a verb related to water flow. As a noun, it means an artificial channel with a gate. As a verb, it means to let water flow in large amounts. See how to use sluice in sentences and different languages.
any contrivance for regulating a flow from or into a receptacle. a channel, especially one carrying off surplus water; drain. a stream of surplus water. an artificial stream or channel of water for moving solid matter: a lumbering sluice. Also called sluice box .
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 .
Sluice can be a noun or a verb related to water flow. As a noun, it means an artificial channel with a gate. As a verb, it means to flow in large amounts. See how to use sluice in sentences and different languages.
A sluice is a passage or channel that controls the flow of water, or a device that regulates it. Learn how to use the word sluice as a noun and a verb, and see its synonyms and examples.
A sluice is an artificial channel for conducting water, with a valve or gate to regulate the flow. It can also refer to a body of water impounded behind a sluice gate, a long trough for washing ore or logs, or a verb meaning to wash or drain with water.
