spillway

CEFRC1

/spˈɪˌlweɪ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A channel that lets extra water flow away from a dam.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A path designed to take away overflow safely.

Examples

  • A spillway is a passage for surplus water to run over a dam.

  • Excess water flowed safely over the concrete spillway of the dam.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • The dam's spillway was opened to release the excess water.

  • Absence of filtered undrains beneath spillways or behind walls.

  • On February 24, 319379 crosses the wrought-iron Carr Mill Viaduct with Northern's 1515 Liverpool Lime Street-Wigan North Western service, viewed from a spillway for the reservoir.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The dam's blank released the excess water during the sudden heavy rain.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From spill + way.