sluit
[ sloot ]
/ slut /
noun
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
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Origin of sluit
1860–65; <Afrikaans sloot<Dutch: ditch
Words nearby sluit
slugging average, sluggish, sluice, sluicegate, sluiceway, sluit, slum, slumber, slumberland, slumberous, slumber party
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