PENSTOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does penstock mean? 

• PENSTOCK (noun)
  The noun PENSTOCK has 2 senses:

1. regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice

2. conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

  Familiarity information: PENSTOCK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENSTOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

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

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

regulator (any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.)

Holonyms ("penstock" is a part of...):

penstock; sluice; sluiceway (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

penstock; sluice; sluiceway

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

conduit (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass)

Meronyms (parts of "penstock"):

floodgate; head gate; penstock; sluice valve; sluicegate; water gate (regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice)