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Sluice gate

A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.

📖 Definitions of "Sluice gate"

noun
  1. 1

    A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.

  2. 2

    Something which restrains or releases a substantial volume—a flood—of activity, emotion, etc.

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