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sluice
[ sloos ]
/ slus /
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noun
verb (used with object), sluiced, sluic·ing.
verb (used without object), sluiced, sluic·ing.
to flow or pour through or as if through a sluice.
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Origin of sluice
1300–50; Middle English scluse (noun) <Old French escluse<Late Latin exclūsa, a water barrier, noun use of feminine of Latin exclūsus, past participle of exclūdere to exclude
OTHER WORDS FROM sluice
sluicelike, adjectiveun·der·sluice, nounun·sluiced, adjectiveWords nearby sluice
sluggard, sluggardly, slugger, slugging average, sluggish, sluice, sluicegate, sluiceway, sluit, slum, slumber
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British Dictionary definitions for sluice
sluice
/ (sluːs) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of sluice
sluicelike, adjectiveWord Origin for sluice
C14: from Old French escluse, from Late Latin exclūsa aqua water shut out, from Latin exclūdere to shut out, exclude
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