Word: sluices

Category: sluices

Business & Industrial

Synonyms: sluices

penstock, sluiceway

Translations: sluices

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spanish
Translations:
esclusas, compuertas, las esclusas, esclusas de, compuertas de
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german
Translations:
schleusen, Schleusen, Schleuse, Siele
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french
Translations:
écluses, vannes, des écluses, sas, pertuis
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italian
Translations:
chiuse, chiusi, saracinesche, cateratte, paratoie
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portuguese
Translations:
comportas, eclusas, açudes, esclusas
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dutch
Translations:
sluizen, sluisjes, spuisluizen, sluis
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russian
Translations:
шлюзы, шлюзов, затворы, шлюзам
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norwegian
Translations:
sluser, slusene, luker, sluser som
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swedish
Translations:
slussar, dammluckor, slussarna, sluss
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finnish
Translations:
sulkujen, patoluukut
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danish
Translations:
sluser, sluserne, slusen, sluse
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czech
Translations:
zdymadla, propusti, stavidla, zdymadel
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polish
Translations:
śluzy, śluz, upusty, śluzów
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hungarian
Translations:
zsilipek, zsilipekhez, zsilip, zsilipekkel
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turkish
Translations:
savak, tasviyeler, savaklar, Açık Savak
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greek
Translations:
υδατοφράκτες, υδατοφράχτες, υδατοφρακτών, υδροφράχτες, δεξαμενών ανύψωσης που
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ukrainian
Translations:
шлюзи, шлюз, шлюзів
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albanian
Translations:
liruar ventilat, liruar ventilat e
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bulgarian
Translations:
шлюзове, шлюза, шлюзовете, саваците, служат с водната
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belarusian
Translations:
шлюзы
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estonian
Translations:
lüüsid, lüüside, lüüsidega, lüüsidest, lüüse
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croatian
Translations:
ustave, zasuna odvija se, zasuna odvija
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lithuanian
Translations:
šliuzai, šliuzų, pralaidos
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latvian
Translations:
slūžas, slūžām
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romanian
Translations:
ecluze, Ecluze de, baraje, stăvilare, vane
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slovenian
Translations:
zapornic
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slovak
Translations:
stavidla, plavebnej, plavebnej komory, plavebné komory, úrady vodných ciest

The meaning and "use of": sluices

noun
  • a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially one in a lock gate. - The sluice gate regulates the volume of water that strikes the wheel, and has to be judged with some care to prevent the mill stones from spinning too fast and vibrating too much.
  • an act of rinsing or showering with water. - a sluice with cold water
verb
  • wash or rinse freely with a stream or shower of water. - she sluiced her face in cold water

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