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Penstock

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.

2.nounThe barrel of a wooden pump.

Synonyms

water gate floodgate sluiceway sluice sluicegate head gate sluice valve pentstock pentrough paddle standpipe stopcock

Rhymes With

expense stock immense stock intense talk n stock sense talk shenzhen stock when stock

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