Millrace

ahd-5
  • noun. The fast-moving stream of water that drives a mill wheel.
  • noun. The channel for the water that drives a mill wheel.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The current of water that drives a mill-wheel, or the channel in which it flows from the dam to the mill.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a channel from a millpond to a millwheel, to provide the water current that turns the millwheel.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative form of mill race.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel
    • Word Usage
    "The millrace is a choke of earth, a whisper of weeds."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    conduit  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    -ways  Kelley  Welland  abatis  abbatis  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    millrun  
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.