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Raresluices
The correct spelling is sluices.
How to pronounce sluices
noun
Say it like: Slui-ses
The correct spelling is sluices. An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
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Definition
noun
- 1.An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- 2.A water gate or floodgate.
- 3.Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
- 4.The stream flowing through a floodgate.
- 5.A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth.
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