noun, verb
noun (also sluice gate) a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water out of or into a canal, etc:
We opened the sluices and the upstream water of the river poured into the lock.
Part of speech: verb
1 [VN] ~ sth (down / out)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is sluice a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, sluice is tagged as verb.
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