'floodgate' definitions:
Definition of 'floodgate'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something that restrains a flood or outpouring; "suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants"
noun
Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice [syn: sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate]
Synonyms of 'floodgate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboideau,
- air lock,
- avenue,
- blowhole,
- channel,
- chute,
- debouch,
- dock gate,
- door,
- egress,
- emunctory,
- escape,
- estuary,
- exhaust,
- exit,
- flood-hatch,
- flume,
- gate,
- head gate,
- lock,
- lock gate,
- loophole,
- opening,
- out,
- outcome,
- outfall,
- outgate,
- outgo,
- outlet,
- penstock,
- pore,
- port,
- sally port,
- sluice,
- sluice gate,
- spiracle,
- spout,
- tap,
- tide gate,
- vent,
- ventage,
- venthole,
- vomitory,
- water gate,
- way out,
- weir