American English pronunciation
How to pronounce spillway
IPA transcription: [s'pɪl,weɪ]
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Noun
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a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
Usage examples
- The spillway has eight gates and is long.
- Instead, there is an inlet formed by earth and concrete, that includes the spillway.
- It dropped ten miniature bombs and theoretically "destroyed" the Gatun spillway.