tideway

noun

Definition of tidewaynext
as in torrent

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  1. torrent
  2. sluice
  3. spillway
  4. sluiceway
  5. floodway
  6. river
Noun
  • Technology mogul Elon Musk has been using his X social media platform in recent weeks to unleash a torrent of criticisms and accusations aimed at political figures in Britain, Germany and Canada.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Mandatory overtime to send surges of unhappy and ill-prepared cops underground hasn’t restored confidence in public safety, even as investigators are now probing how Friends of Eric benefitted from the OT torrent.
    Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of torrent
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
  • Drag slider compare photos The turnaround has been heralded by Casitas General Manager Mike Flood as the fastest rebound in the lake's history, according to reports in the Ventura County Star, with water going over the dam's spillway in April 2024—something last seen in 1998.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • By late April, the reservoir had reached the spillway.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of spillway
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  • Wilson’s New Freedom would open the sluiceways of competition by slashing tariffs, strengthening anti-trust laws and increasing access to credit.
    Richard Norton Smith, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The town has opened the floodgate to the dam draining the pond behind it and allowing Roaring Brook to flow freely downstream through a sluiceway.
    Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 12 Apr. 2018
Definition of sluiceway
Noun
  • Also in attendance: Nashville architect Alan Dooley, who helped the church win a historic designation for the building, and that allowed Metro Codes to issue permits for the rebuild, even though the building is (clearly) in a floodway.
    The Tennessean, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
  • For one thing, the equipment and restrooms sit right in the floodway, and are often a few inches deep in standing water when Walnut Creek overflows after heavy rainfall.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024
Definition of floodway
Noun
  • The virus also can spread through waterfowl by similar means, especially when the property is near a river or a pond.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Police in Scotland are continuing to search for two sisters after they were last seen walking near a river three days ago.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of river
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