penstock
penstock
nounDefinition of PENSTOCK
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas) <a penstock carried water for the waterwheel>
Related Words drain, drainpipe, funnel, hydrant, main, smokestack, spout, standpipe, stovepipe, tile, waste pipe, waterspout; pipage (or pipeage), pipeline, piping
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