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spillways

spillways is the plural of spillway.

Meaning of spillway

Noun

spillway (plural spillways)

  1. A path designed to take away overflow safely.
    • Absence of filtered undrains beneath spillways or behind walls.1993, Loren Runar Anderson, Geotechnical practice in dam rehabilitation

Questions about spillways

What is spillways the plural of?
Spillways is the plural of spillway.

Words near spillways in the dictionary

  1. spills out
  2. spills over
  3. spills the beans
  4. spills the tea
  5. spillway
  6. spillways
  7. spilly
  8. Spilman
  9. Spilmans
  10. spiloma
  11. spilomeline

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