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Vocabulary Entry
sluice
|noun • verb
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N
noun
A channel or passage for water, often used to control its flow.
Example Sentences
"The sluice allowed excess water to drain from the fields."
"Workers opened the sluice to let the river water flow into the reservoir."
"They built a sluice to manage the irrigation system."
V
verb
To wash or rinse with a stream or flow of water.
Example Sentences
"I sluiced the dirt off my hands before entering the house."
"They sluiced the area to prepare it for construction."
"He sluiced the vegetables in cold water to clean them."