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• headrace — /hed rays /, n. the race, flume, or channel leading to a water wheel or the like. [1840 50; HEAD + RACE1] * * * …   Universalium

• flume — Synonyms and related words: abysm, abyss, aqueduct, arroyo, avenue, bed, blowhole, box canyon, breach, break, canal, canyon, cavity, channel, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, chute, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• headrace — /ˈhɛdreɪs/ (say hedrays) noun the race, flume, or channel leading to a waterwheel or the like …  

• headrace — noun a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine • Hypernyms: ↑watercourse, ↑waterway * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a race for conveying water to a point of industrial application (as a waterwheel or turbine) * * * /hed rays /, n.… …   Useful english dictionary

• Water wheel — This article is about the machine for converting energy of flowing or falling water. For paddle wheels used to propel watercraft, see paddle wheel ship. For wheels used solely to lift water, see Noria. For factories or industries driven by water… …   Wikipedia

• aqueduct — Synonyms and related words: arroyo, bed, canal, canalization, channel, conduit, course, creek bed, crimp, culvert, cut, dike, ditch, donga, dry bed, duct, entrenchment, flume, fosse, goffer, gulch, gully, gullyhole, gutter, ha ha, headrace,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• bed — Synonyms and related words: Colonial bed, Hollywood bed, Japanese garden, a world without end bargain, accommodation, accommodations, alliance, alpine garden, aqueduct, arboretum, arroyo, band, base, basement, basin, basis, bassinet, bearing wall …   Moby Thesaurus

• canal — Synonyms and related words: Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube, aqueduct, arroyo, bed, bottleneck, canalization, canalize, carve, chamfer, channel, chisel, conduit, corrugate, course, crack, creek bed, crimp, culvert, cut, dado, defile, dike, ditch …   Moby Thesaurus

• culvert — Synonyms and related words: aqueduct, arroyo, bed, canal, creek bed, donga, dry bed, flume, gulch, gully, gullyhole, headrace, irrigation ditch, nullah, race, river bed, riverway, runnel, sluice, spillbox, spillway, stream bed, streamway, swash,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• gulch — Synonyms and related words: abysm, abyss, aqueduct, arroyo, bed, box canyon, breach, break, canal, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, clove, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, creek bed, crevasse, crevice …   Moby Thesaurus

• gully — Synonyms and related words: abysm, abyss, aqueduct, arroyo, bed, box canyon, breach, break, canal, canalize, canyon, carve, cavity, chamfer, channel, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, chisel, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, corridor, corrugate,… …   Moby Thesaurus