Definitions for tailrace

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tailrace tail·race

Spelling: [teyl-reys]

IPA: /ˈteɪlˌreɪs/

Tailrace is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 361 anagrams from letters in tailrace (aaceilrt).

Definitions for tailrace

noun

1. the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
2. Mining. the channel for conducting tailings or refuse away in water.

Origin of tailrace

First recorded in 1770-80; tail¹ + race¹

Examples for tailrace

In the winter of 1863 a tailrace was cut to the river which greatly ameliorated conditions.