sluice
noun
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate sluice gate at the upper end for regulating the flow.
sluices
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present tense formof sluice (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes they can be overgrown with vegetation or, in the case of drains and sluices, blocked.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
Over time, the Maya built canals, dams, sluices and berms to direct, store and transport water.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2023
The human-made mudslides that resulted were directed through troughs known as sluices, which had grooves to catch flakes and nuggets of gold.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
The panel came back with a suggestion that the country create an elaborate infrastructure of dikes, dams, storm barriers and sluices so that future catastrophic flooding will not occur.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2021
The rain was falling harder now, beating the roof of the refectory like the drums of war, running down the sluices in torrents.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
