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English noun: floodgate

1. floodgate (cognition) something that restrains a flood or outpouring


SamplesSuspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants.


Broader (hypernym)restraint

2. floodgate (artifact) regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice


Synonymshead gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate


Broader (hypernym)regulator


Part meronympenstock, sluice, sluiceway









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