Definitions for sluices

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Spelling: [sloos]

IPA: /slus/

Sluices is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in sluices (ceilssu).

Definitions for sluices

noun

1. an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
2. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate.
3. any contrivance for regulating a flow from or into a receptacle.
4. a channel, especially one carrying off surplus water; drain.
5. a stream of surplus water.
6. an artificial stream or channel of water for moving solid matter:
7. Also called sluice box. Mining. a long, sloping trough or the like, with grooves on the bottom, into which water is directed to separate gold from gravel or sand.

verb (used with object)

1. to let out (water) by or as if by opening a sluice.
2. to drain (a pond, lake, etc.) by or as if by opening a sluice.
3. to open a sluice upon.
4. to flush or cleanse with a rush of water:
5. Mining. to wash in a sluice.
6. to send (logs) down a sluiceway.

verb (used without object)

1. to flow or pour through or as if through a sluice.

Origin of sluices

1300-50; Middle English scluse (noun) Old French escluse Late Latin exclūsa, a water barrier, noun use of feminine of Latin exclūsus, past participle of exclūdere to e

Examples for sluices

The range of smoky mills driven by a sluice from the fall had better be away.

And on reaching the pond, they opened the sluice, and whish!

Next, a fresh attempt was made to blow up the sluice, but failed.

The herring run this sluice and jump the gate with perfect ease.

It was not far from the head of the sluice, and, therefore, a most critical position.

The sluice lumber was finished on the edges and the other wasnt.

He could hear nothing of it for the boiling at the gates of the sluice.

We got $140 a thousand for sluice lumber, and $125 for common lumber.

Why, she spoiled hers, showing us how to come through that sluice, didn't she?

The Mud-pups didn't understand how to sluice them down properly after operations.