A sluice is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a movable gate allowing water to flow under it. Sluices are a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level.

The meaning of SLUICE is an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow. How to use sluice in a sentence.

1. To flood or drench with or as if with a flow of released water. 2. To wash with water flowing in a sluice: sluicing sediment for gold. 3. To draw off or let out by a sluice: sluice floodwater. 4. To …

Phrasal verb sluice something down/out (Definition of sluice from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

A sluice is a passage that carries a current of water and has a barrier, called a sluice gate, which can be opened and closed to control the flow of water.

Definition of sluice noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

SLUICE definition: an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate sluice gate at the upper end for regulating the flow. See examples of sluice used in a sentence.

If the water at the control structures is higher than the lake and the system is in danger of overtopping its banks, we can open sluice gates and locks to release flood water to the lake.

sluice (slo̅o̅s), n., v., sluiced, sluic•ing. n. Civil Engineering an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice′ gate′) at the upper end for regulating the flow. Civil …

Dec 20, 2025 · sluice (plural 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.