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spillway


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spillway 
  n  :  a  channel  that  carries  excess  water  over  or  around  a  dam  or 
  other  obstruction  [syn:  {spill},  {wasteweir}] 




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