wasteweir

wasteweir

(ˈweɪstˌwɪə)

n

(Civil Engineering) another name for spillway

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wasteweir - a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction spillway, spill 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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