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Floodgate

noun

/ˈflʌdɡeɪt/

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounAn adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.

2.noun(by extension) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion etc.

Synonyms

water gate penstock sluicegate head gate sluice valve sluice gate sluice-gate hatch waste gate beartrap gate lock gate stanch

Rhymes With

elucidate articulate desolate facilitate profligate explicate deliberate delineate

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