A sluice is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a movable gate allowing water to flow under it. Sluices are a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level.

The meaning of SLUICE is an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow. How to use sluice in a sentence.

1. To flood or drench with or as if with a flow of released water. 2. To wash with water flowing in a sluice: sluicing sediment for gold. 3. To draw off or let out by a sluice: sluice floodwater. 4. To send (logs, for …

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Phrasal verb sluice something down/out (Definition of sluice from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

A sluice is a passage that carries a current of water and has a barrier, called a sluice gate, which can be opened and closed to control the flow of water.

SLUICE definition: an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate sluice gate at the upper end for regulating the flow. See examples of sluice used in a sentence.

A Sluice is a device used in separating and recovering gold in running water. It is the oldest building in the County and was originally constructed in 1859 with sandstone quarried from Red Rock Canyon.

SLUICE meaning: 1 : an artificial passage for water to flow through with a gate for controlling the flow; 2 : a device (such as a floodgate) used for controlling the flow of water

sluice (slo̅o̅s), n., v., sluiced, sluic•ing. n. Civil Engineering an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice′ gate′) at the upper end for regulating the flow. Civil Engineering the …