Synonyms for sluice
slussluice

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1. sluice, sluiceway, penstockverb

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

   Synonyms:
   sluice valve, water gate, head gate, sluiceway, sluicegate, penstock, floodgate

2. sluice, sluice downverb

   pour as if from a sluice

   "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"

   Synonyms:
   flush, sluice down

3. sluice, flushverb

   irrigate with water from a sluice

   "sluice the earth"

   Synonyms:
   scour, crimson, purge, blush, even out, sluice down, level, redden, flush, even

4. sluiceverb

   transport in or send down a sluice

   "sluice logs"

   Synonyms:
   flush, sluice down

5. sluiceverb

   draw through a sluice

   "sluice water"

   Synonyms:
   flush, sluice down

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1. • Draw
   • Drench
   • Transport

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1. sluicenoun

   Synonyms:
   opening, vent

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1. List of paraphrases for "sluice":

   lock

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1. Fred Allen:

   Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making.