floodgate

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/ˈflʌdɡeɪt/ English

Definitions

noun

An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
(by extension) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion etc.

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Synonyms

water gate penstock sluicegate head gate sluice valve sluice gate sluice-gate hatch waste gate beartrap gate lock gate stanch tide gate tailgate floodwall gating

Associated

ventures surge barrier gates fund flood gate venture entertainment partners dam mississippi

Rhymes

elucidate articulate desolate facilitate profligate explicate deliberate delineate ruminate innate

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