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HEADRACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does headrace mean? 

HEADRACE (noun)
  The noun HEADRACE has 1 sense:

1. a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbineplay

  Familiarity information: HEADRACE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEADRACE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("headrace" is a kind of...):

watercourse; waterway (a conduit through which water flows)


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