Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 14 compound words that contain sluice. The most common are listed below. Open sluice in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- sluice gateA portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.
- Seaton SluiceA village with a harbour in Seaton Valley parish, south-east Northumberland, England, at the mouth of the Seaton Burn (OS grid ref NZ3376).
- sluice boxA box with riffles along the bottom, used to trap heavier gold particles as water washes them and the other material along the box.
- sluice gatesplural of sluice gate: A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.
- sluice valveSynonym of gate valve: A valve that is opened by lifting a round or rectangular gate or wedge out of the path of the fluid.
- sluice boxesplural of sluice box: A box with riffles along the bottom, used to trap heavier gold particles as water washes them and the other material along the box.
- sluice outTo wash; to hose down
- sluice-gate priceA fixed minimum price for agricultural goods imported into the European Economic Community.
- sluice-gate pricesplural of sluice-gate price: A fixed minimum price for agricultural goods imported into the European Economic Community.
- sluice one's boltTo drink alcohol.
Compound words 14
- sluicyFalling copiously or in streams, as if from a sluice.
- unsluiceTo sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of (a lock)
- sluiceableCapable of being sluiced.
- sluicelessWithout a sluice.
- sluicelikeResembling or characteristic of a sluice.
- sluicerOne who sluices.
- sluicewayA man-made channel designed to redirect excess water.
- sluiceryA gin shop or public house.
- sluiceboxAlternative form of sluice box: A box with riffles along the bottom, used to trap heavier gold particles as water washes them and the other material along the box.
- sluiceboxesplural of sluicebox: A box with riffles along the bottom, used to trap heavier gold particles as water washes them and the other material along the box.