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spillway

noun

Definition of spillway

as in sluice

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Recent Examples of spillway Wallmakers needed to connect the two land parcels while keeping the foundation 100 ft within the spillway width, since a JCB excavator needed to be used for clearing the build space. — Stefan Ionescu may 20, New Atlas, 20 May 2026 It’s believed that Nourse was fishing in the spillway below the lower dam at Lake Lowell before falling into the water. — Idaho Statesman, 20 May 2026 That winter, the concrete spillway collapsed in one section during massive storms, prompting the evacuation of 188,000 people as water raged into the river below, and concerns grew that part of the dam might fail. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 12 May 2026 The spillway structure consists of a newer 25-foot wide concrete spillway with two 11-foot wide underflow radial gates, added in 1974, and the original 26-foot wide with three 6-foot wide underflow sliding gates. — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spillway

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Dam Removal Europe found that the number of dams dismantled in 2025, along with other water-flow controls like weirs, culverts and sluices, grew by 11% from the year before.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 3 June 2026
The archways are furnished with sluice gates that can open to allow excess water to pass through in periods of flooding.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026

Definition of sluice

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Westcott said some of the subdivisions along the creek were built in the 1960s and 1970s when proper drainage was an afterthought and fences were installed in floodways.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Private property floodways and floodplains are mostly affected when extreme weather events occur, village officials said.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of floodway

Noun

Wilson’s New Freedom would open the sluiceways of competition by slashing tariffs, strengthening anti-trust laws and increasing access to credit.

— Richard Norton Smith, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
The town has opened the floodgate to the dam draining the pond behind it and allowing Roaring Brook to flow freely downstream through a sluiceway.

— Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 12 Apr. 2018