American English pronunciation

How to pronounce spillway

IPA transcription: [s'pɪl,weɪ]

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Noun

  • 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.