FLOODGATE

sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate

(noun) regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice

floodgate

(noun) something that restrains a flood or outpouring; “suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

floodgate (plural floodgates)

An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.

(by extension) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion etc.

Source: Wiktionary

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25 February 2025

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”

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