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The correct spelling is sluices.

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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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  1. 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. 2.A water gate or floodgate.
  3. 3.Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
  4. 4.The stream flowing through a floodgate.
  5. 5.A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth.

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