milldam

noun

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as in weir

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  1. weir
  2. barrage
  3. barrier
  4. sluice
  5. block
  6. lock
  7. barricade
  8. canal
Noun
  • The map shows existing water barriers in the Valencia area, including dams and weirs, not structures that have been removed, Carlos Garcia De Leaniz, the AMBER project principal investigator and aquatic biosciences professor at Swansea University, told USA TODAY.
    Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Many of the state’s wildlife officials got their start working on a weir.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
Definition of weir
Noun
  • That excitement likely boiled over into an overly enthusiastic barrage.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Days of Repentance was retaliation for Iran’s biggest missile attack against Israel to date, the October 1, 2024, ballistic missile barrage against Israel, codenamed Operation True Promise 2 by Tehran.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of barrage
Noun
  • The state has sought to erect barriers around practices that put the elderly at risk for financial abuse.
    Christina Lengyel | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Yet, many aspects of women’s healthcare remain rigid, impersonal and filled with barriers.
    Mallory Walsh, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of barrier
Noun
  • This option returns the pond to its full former glory including sluice gate repair, dredging the full pond area and recreational enhancements to include 5.7 acres of open water and two fishing platforms.
    Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In 2014, Kyrgyz and Tajik conscripts exchanged fire over a strategic sluice in Ak-Sai.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2016
Definition of sluice
Noun
  • Premium kitchen knives on a block, like Material Kitchen’s award-winning The Knives + Stand, have been in high demand this season.
    Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • For example, beta-lactam antibiotics like penicillin or Keflex (cephalexin) block molecules from linking together, preventing the formation of a cell wall.
    Femi Aremu, Verywell Health, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of block
Noun
  • Reducing risk via diversification and a solid business network The Moselle lock accident shows once again how a seemingly minor incident can affect the risk of production downtime.
    Sin To, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Some locks are so effective they can never be picked, even with infinite time and resources.
    John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of lock
Noun
  • What To Know Photos and videos from the morning clash captured chaotic scenes as KMT lawmakers attempted to dismantle chair barricades or climb over a ledge leading to the speaker's area.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • But there is none of the urgency to rush the barricades or join the political resistance that followed the 2016 election.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of barricade
Noun
  • Romeo Florez-Perez, 24, was sought in a homicide investigation by the agency that began after a body was discovered near the Emory Street canal around 8 a.m. Nov. 28, according to a press release Wednesday from the agency.
    Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Hotel du Palais de l'Isle overlooks a quiet canal—one of the many that earned the city of Annecy its Venice of France monicker.
    Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of canal
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