Sluice — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

pour as if from a sluice

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/slˈuːs/

🇬🇧British English

/slˈuːs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/slˈuːs/

1 syllable Say it as /slˈuːs/.

Examples

An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
sluice the earth
sluice logs

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sluice down sluiceway penstock flush

Parts of Speech

noun	conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
verb	pour as if from a sluice “An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef”
verb	irrigate with water from a sluice “sluice the earth”
verb	transport in or send down a sluice “sluice logs”
verb	draw through a sluice “sluice water”

Word Forms

sluice	verb	draw through a sluice
sluice	noun	conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
flush	noun	a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schleuse

Leitung, die einen schnellen Wasserfluss führt, der durch eine Schleuse gesteuert wird

🇫🇷French

écluse

conduit qui transporte un écoulement rapide d'eau contrôlé par une écluse

🇪🇸Spanish

compuerta

Conducto que transporta un flujo rápido de agua controlado por una compuerta.

🇮🇹Italian

chiusa

condotto che trasporta un rapido flusso d'acqua controllato da una saracinesca

🇳🇱Dutch

sluis

leiding die een snelle waterstroom transporteert, gecontroleerd door een sluis

🇵🇹Portuguese

eclusa

conduíte que transporta um fluxo rápido de água controlado por uma comporta

🇷🇺Russian

шлюз

канал, по которому течет быстрый поток воды, контролируемый шлюзовым затвором

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पानी निकालने का फाटक

वह नाली जो स्लुइसगेट द्वारा नियंत्रित पानी के तीव्र प्रवाह को प्रवाहित करती है

🇧🇩Bengali

স্লুইস

একটি স্লুইসগেট দ্বারা নিয়ন্ত্রিত জলের দ্রুত প্রবাহ বহনকারী নালী৷

🇮🇳Tamil

மதகு

ஒரு ஸ்லூஸ்கேட் மூலம் கட்டுப்படுத்தப்படும் நீரின் விரைவான ஓட்டத்தை கொண்டு செல்லும் வழித்தடம்

🇮🇳Telugu

తూము

స్లూయిస్‌గేట్ ద్వారా నియంత్రించబడే వేగవంతమైన నీటి ప్రవాహాన్ని తీసుకువెళ్ళే వాహిక

🇮🇳Marathi

स्लूस

स्लुइसगेटद्वारे नियंत्रित पाण्याचा वेगवान प्रवाह वाहून नेणारा नळ

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્લ્યુસ

નળી કે જે સ્લુઇસગેટ દ્વારા નિયંત્રિત પાણીનો ઝડપી પ્રવાહ વહન કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಲೂಸ್

ಸ್ಲೂಸ್‌ಗೇಟ್‌ನಿಂದ ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವ ನೀರಿನ ಕ್ಷಿಪ್ರ ಹರಿವನ್ನು ಸಾಗಿಸುವ ಮಾರ್ಗ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്ലൂയിസ്

ഒരു സ്ലൂയിസ്ഗേറ്റ് നിയന്ത്രിക്കുന്ന ദ്രുതഗതിയിലുള്ള ജലപ്രവാഹം വഹിക്കുന്ന ചാലകം

🇵🇰Urdu

سلائس

وہ نالی جو پانی کا تیز بہاؤ لے کر چلتی ہے جسے سلائس گیٹ کے ذریعے کنٹرول کیا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

水闸

输送由闸门控制的快速水流的管道

🇯🇵Japanese

水門

水門によって制御される急速な水の流れを運ぶ導管

🇰🇷Korean

수문

수문에 의해 제어되는 빠른 물의 흐름을 전달하는 도관

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cống

ống dẫn nước chảy nhanh được điều khiển bởi cửa cống

🇹🇭Thai

ประตูน้ำ

ท่อส่งน้ำที่ไหลอย่างรวดเร็วซึ่งควบคุมโดยประตูระบายน้ำ

🇮🇩Indonesian

pintu air

saluran yang membawa aliran air deras yang dikendalikan oleh pintu air

🇲🇾Malay

pintu air

konduit yang membawa aliran air yang laju dikawal oleh pintu air

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

السد

قناة تحمل تدفقًا سريعًا للمياه يتم التحكم فيه بواسطة بوابة التحكم

🇮🇷Persian

دریچه

مجرای که جریان سریع آب را با یک دریچه کنترل می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

savak

bir savak kapağı tarafından kontrol edilen hızlı su akışını taşıyan kanal

🇮🇱Hebrew

סֶכֶר

צינור הנושא זרימה מהירה של מים הנשלטת על ידי פתח

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The primary meaning of 'sluice' is 'conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate'.

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Using 'sluice' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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