forebay

American  

[fawr-bay] / ˈfɔrˌbeɪ /

noun

forebays plural

1. a reservoir or pool from which a regulated amount of water flows to a dam, hydroelectric plant, water filtration system, or the like, to ensure consistent water levels, to allow sediment to settle, and to trap debris.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• forebays
  plural

Example Sentences

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forebay

Studies have shown that about 75% of the young salmon that pass through the gates are killed by predators in the forebay, Miranda said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024

Enclosed in levees, the shallow forebay is filled with nonnative striped bass and other predators, which feed on juvenile salmon, steelhead trout and other native fish.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024

Visitors can peer over a glass protector to observe the inner forebay, which, through underwater arches, filtered the incoming water into the plant before it churned through the penstocks.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022

“This project is drought-driven,” Erika Moonin, project manager for the Las Vegas-based authority, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal during a recent final media tour of the underground pump station forebay.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 30, 2018

So that night in the early twilight, he paced off the length of the south side of the pond and found it was approximately seven hundred feet from the bridge to the forebay.

From Hidden Treasure by Simpson, John Thomas