sluice
/slus/
noun
- A channel or passage that controls the flow of water, often with a gate or valve.
- The old mill used a wooden sluice to direct water to the wheel.
- Water rushed through the sluice after the gate was lifted.
- The farmer opened the sluice to irrigate the fields.
- A long, narrow trough used in mining to separate gold or other minerals from dirt and gravel.
- They built a sluice along the riverbank for panning.
- Miners poured gravel into the sluice to find gold flakes.
- The old sluice still had traces of gold in its cracks.
verb
- To wash or flush with a stream of water, often using a sluice or hose.
- The workers sluiced the muddy floor with high-pressure hoses.
- After the storm, they sluiced the driveway to clear away debris.
- She sluiced the vegetables under the tap to remove the dirt.
- To flow or pour out in a strong, steady stream.
- Rain sluiced down the mountainside, carving new channels.
- Water sluiced over the dam during the flood.
- The broken pipe sluiced water across the basement floor.