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Water gate   /wˈɔtər geɪt/   Listen
Water gate

noun
1.
Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.  Synonyms: floodgate, head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate.





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"Water gate" Quotes from Famous Books



... which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the City of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward." ...
— The Astronomy of the Bible - An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References - of Holy Scripture • E. Walter Maunder


Words linked to "Water gate" :   regulator, sluicegate, sluiceway, sluice valve, sluice


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