weir

IPA: wˈɪr

An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
A fence placed across a river to catch fish.
(obsolete) Seaweed.
(countable) A surname.
A village in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8725).
A town and municipality in Bharatpur District, Rajasthan, India.
An unincorporated village in Montcalm, Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Cherokee County, Kansas.
An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
A town in Choctaw County, Mississippi.
A minor city in Williamson County, Texas.
An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Examples of "weir" in Sentences

Is it possible for them to get through the weir from the bayou to the lake?
What is the purpose of the concrete structure south of N Street called a weir?
This is what engineers call a weir, a handy contrivance for measuring the flow of small streams.
This measurement is obtained in several ways, among which probably the use of a weir is the simplest and most accurate, for small streams.
Mr Webber said that the weir, which is owned by State Water and once supplied Casino with its water, needed repairs which were estimated to cost about $300,000.
However, some Casino residents argue the removal of the weir is a threat to wildlife, especially to the platypuses living in the pool formed by the concrete barrier.
It's as if there were some kind of weir or breakwater under the water there, he thought; it could be sand, or a coral reef, but it looks almost as if it were artificial.
The weir is a single timber, below the surface, fixed obliquely across the stream on a shelving bank of masonry, and the farther end meets the wall of rock inside the cave.
Bobcat Olympics: Killam placed a video camera overlooking a weir, that is, a chute-like apparatus positioned in a creek to funnel migrating salmon upstream to spawning habitat.
The report, prepared by the Environment and Heritage Department, says without freshwater solutions, the weir is the only "feasible option to secure the state's potable water supplies".