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sluice noun

  /sljuːs/ , /sluːs/
  • 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.
 sulku, portti, ränni

sluice verb

  /sljuːs/ , /sluːs/
  • (transitive, rare) To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
 juoksuttaa tulvaluukkujen kautta
  • (transitive) To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice.
 rännittää
  • (transitive) To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice
 tulvittaa

sluicing noun

  • The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching.
 kastelu, rännitys
sluice box
ränni
sluice gate
sulkuluukku
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