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SPILLWAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spillway mean?
• SPILLWAY (noun)
The noun SPILLWAY has 1 sense:
1. a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
Familiarity information: SPILLWAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("spillway" is a kind of...):
conduit (a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass)
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"Just toss it in my hat and I'll sort it to-morrow." (Dutch proverb)