Thesaurus results for SPILLWAY

spillway

noun

Definition of spillway

as in sluice

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Recent Examples of spillway The largest among them, the Hardy Dam on the Muskegon River, needs a multi-hundred-million-dollar spillway upgrade to comply with modern flood safety standards. — CBS News, 12 June 2026 The matrix of canals that flow through South Florida — and the spillways that control them — are on the verge of not functioning due to sea-level rise, according to the South Florida Water Management District, which operates them. — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026 Wallmakers needed to connect the two land parcels while keeping the foundation 100 ft within the spillway width, since a JCB excavator needed to be used for clearing the build space. — Stefan Ionescu may 20, New Atlas, 20 May 2026 It’s believed that Nourse was fishing in the spillway below the lower dam at Lake Lowell before falling into the water. — Idaho Statesman, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for spillway

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Noun

The water flow is being managed at Canton Lake, and the Corps of Engineers said the goal is to have between 600 and 730 cubic feet of water per second leave through sluice gates during the greatest period of flow.

— Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 22 Sep. 2026
Dam Removal Europe found that the number of dams dismantled in 2025, along with other water-flow controls like weirs, culverts and sluices, grew by 11% from the year before.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 3 June 2026

Definition of sluice

Noun

This 59,000-acre floodway carries the river’s excess past the state capital.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Westcott said some of the subdivisions along the creek were built in the 1960s and 1970s when proper drainage was an afterthought and fences were installed in floodways.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of floodway

Noun

Wilson’s New Freedom would open the sluiceways of competition by slashing tariffs, strengthening anti-trust laws and increasing access to credit.

— Richard Norton Smith, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
The town has opened the floodgate to the dam draining the pond behind it and allowing Roaring Brook to flow freely downstream through a sluiceway.

— Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 12 Apr. 2018