sluice
noun
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate sluice gate at the upper end for regulating the flow.
sluicelike
-
a word derived from
sluice.
Example Sentences
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A skeleton crew of beavers had also survived, although any dams they built across the sluicelike channel tended to wash away.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 7, 2018
A long, racing sluicelike incline of black waters, streaked with swirls of white, appeared before them.
From Darkness and Dawn by George Allan England
