millrace

mill·race

 (mĭl′rās′)

n.

1. The fast-moving stream of water that drives a mill wheel.

2. The channel for the water that drives a mill wheel. Also called millrun.

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millrace

(ˈmɪlˌreɪs) or

millrun

n

1. (General Engineering) the current of water that turns a millwheel

2. (General Engineering) the channel for this water

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mill•race

(ˈmɪlˌreɪs)

n.

1. the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.

2. the current itself.

[1470–80]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

millrace - a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel millrun conduit - a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"

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Translations

millrace

[ˈmɪlreɪs] N → caz m

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