floodgate

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

1. An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
2. (figuratively) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion, etc.
3. (obsolete) A stream that passes through a floodgate; a torrent.

Sinonimai

water gate

head gate

sluice

sluice valve

canal lock

penstock

sluicegate

watergate

lock

🔒

gate

hatch

lockage

port

portal

sluice gate

spillway

switch

trip

tripper

gate valve

lock-gate

storm drain

tail gate

floodway

obstructor

sliding valve

sliding gate

porta

water escape

anchor gate

I

draw-gate

barrage

barrier

blockade

bracket

brake

conduit

eye

👁️

eyeball

fastener

Vertimai

vanne

chiusa

paratoia

Schieber

Schleusentor

esclusa

🔒

œil

👁️

Auge

👁️

ull

👁️

μάτι

barrage

clapet

Fluttor

porte

🚪

comporta

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/ˈflʌdˌɡeɪt/

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Paveldėta iš Vidurio Anglijos: flodegate

In summary

From Middle English flodegate, flodgate, flodeyate, floodȝate, flodȝete, equivalent to flood + gate.