floodgate in English

noun
1
a gate that can be opened or closed to admit or exclude water, especially the lower gate of a lock.
In Manggarai, South Jakarta, flood victims tried to take matters into their own hands and open a floodgate to allow the water to drain from their homes.
synonyms:sluicewatergatelockdamweir
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2. The floodgate was closed to control the flow of water.

3. The floodgate is closed to control the flow of water.

4. English words for Cataracta include waterfall, cataract, portcullis, floodgate, riffle and fall

5. Results show that coatings on floodgate surface keep intact after 5 years.

6. The Son La Hydropower Plant also opened a floodgate on the same day. 

7. Convenient installment: The floodgate frame is fixed through two concrete placements, facilitates reliably.

8. It is the Web that has opened the floodgate of interest in the internet.

9. The ruling would open a floodgate for pregnant mainlanders to come to Hong Kong.

10. Once this floodgate opens, there will be knightly surcharges for courses, laboratories, lecture hall air and library dust.

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