sluice gate
Noun
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Noun
sluice gate (plural sluice gates)
- A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.
- (figuratively) Something which restrains or releases a substantial volume—a flood—of activity, emotion, etc.
- French: vanne
- German: Schleusentor
- Italian: chiusa, paratoia, saracinesca, scolmatore
- Russian: шлю́зные ворота́
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