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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Spillway \Spill"way`\, n.
     A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir,
     to prevent too great pressure on the dam.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Spillway \Spill"way`\, n.
     A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir,
     to prevent too great pressure on the dam.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  spillway
       n : a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or
           other obstruction [syn: spill, wasteweir]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  spillway
     n.
     A path designed to take away overflow safely.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  spillway
     n.
     A path designed to take away overflow safely.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  spillway
     n.
     A path designed to take away overflow safely.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  spillway
     n.
     A path designed to take away overflow safely.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Spillway /spˈɪlweɪ/
  مصرف المياه

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  spillway /spˈɪlweɪ/ 
  přepad

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  spillway /spˈɪlweɪ/ 
  přeliv

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  spillway /spˈɪlweɪ/
  Hochwasserüberlauf , Hochwasserüberfall , Überlaufkanal , Überfallkanal , Überfall 
           Note: einer Talsperre
           Note: Wasserbau
   see: spillways, emergency spillway
  
           Note: of a barrage
           Note: water engineering

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  spillway /spˈɪlweɪ/
  Hochwasserüberlauf , Hochwasserentlastungsanlage , Hochwasserentlastung  [ugs.]
           Note: eines Dammes/Rückhaltebeckens
           Note: Wasserbau
     Synonyms: overfall, overflow
  
           Note: of a dam/retention basin
           Note: water engineering

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  spillway /spˈɪlweɪ/
  Schmelzwasserrinne  [geol.]
   see: spillways

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  spillway /spˈɪlweɪ/
  mjesto preljeva, preljev

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  spillway /spˈɪlweɪ/
  1. taşma savağı.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈspɪɫˌweɪ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "spillway":
     aqueduct, arroyo, bed, canal, creek bed, culvert, donga, dry bed,
     flume, gulch, gully, gullyhole, headrace, irrigation ditch, nullah,
     race, river bed, riverway, runnel, sluice, spillbox, stream bed,
     streamway, swash, swash channel, tailrace, wadi, water carrier,
     water channel, water furrow, water gap, water gate, watercourse,
     waterway, waterworks

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  n. 溢洪道,泄洪道;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     n. 溢洪道,泄洪道

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