floodgate
About 0.05 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
- noun Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion, etc.
- noun A stream that passes through a floodgate; a torrent.
Similar words
water gate penstock sluicegate head gate sluice valve sluice gate sluice-gate hatch waste gate beartrap gate
Often followed by
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Word family
floodgates
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