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

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Example Sentences

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forebay

Miranda and other state officials acknowledge that there are significant shortcomings in the existing facilities, such as the forebay filled with predators, but say they are making improvements in operations.

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

The forebay is longer than a football field, about the width of three freeway lanes and four stories high, with 34 openings in the ceiling.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 30, 2018

The broken wheel, the crumbling walls, and empty forebay were all that my eyes rested upon, and I paused sadly to mark the wreck which time had made.

From Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

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