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raceway

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of raceway

an open man-made passageway for water

  • the child who fell through the ice was helplessly swept along the raceway, still trapped under the ice, by the current
Synonyms of raceway

aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, course, flume, racecourse, watercourse, waterway
Words Related to raceway

millrace, millstream

floodway, sluice, sluiceway, spillway

swash, tideway, torrent

gutter, trough

river, rivulet, stream

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