'Water gate' definitions:
Definition of 'water gate'
(from WordNet)
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]
Definition of 'Water gate'
From: GCIDE
- Water gate \Wa"ter gate`\ A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'water gate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboideau,
- air lock,
- aqueduct,
- arroyo,
- bed,
- canal,
- creek bed,
- culvert,
- dock gate,
- donga,
- dry bed,
- flood-hatch,
- floodgate,
- flume,
- gate,
- gulch,
- gully,
- gullyhole,
- head gate,
- headrace,
- irrigation ditch,
- lock,
- lock gate,
- nullah,
- penstock,
- race,
- river bed,
- riverway,
- runnel,
- sluice,
- sluice gate,
- spillbox,
- spillway,
- stream bed,
- streamway,
- swash,
- swash channel,
- tailrace,
- tide gate,
- wadi,
- water carrier,
- water channel,
- water furrow,
- water gap,
- watercourse,
- waterway,
- waterworks,
- weir