Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sluicegate

1 sense of sluicegate

Sense 1
sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate -- (regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice)
       => regulator -- (any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.)