Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "sluice" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

dam lock pan weir

Derived Terms

Seaton Sluice sluice gate sluice one's bolt sluice out sluice valve sluiceway

Etymologically Related To

exclude

Context

linguistics mining

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

conduit douse dowse draw drench pelt pour rain buckets rain cats and dogs soak sop souse stream take out transport

Type Of (IsA)

conduit flow control device

Manner Of

draw drench pour transport

Related Terms

artificial auriferous canal ellipsis floodgate flow gate lock mill passage pour sluicing stream valve wash water wh question wh stranding

Similar Terms

dam lock pan weir

Synonym Network

lock sluice gate

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.