water race
water race noun: an artificial channel through which water is directed to run at high speed.
Noun
water race (plural water races)
- An artificial channel through which water is directed to run at high speed.
- I know the mill and premises at Carrick, it is a water mill with a water-race attached.1841 January 7, The Launceston Advertiser, Tasmania, page 3, column 5
- Andrew Brown put in a water-race which drove a wheel with which wheat was crushed at the Cooerwull mill, where later tweed was made.1938 December 29, The Lithgow Mercury, NSW, Australia, page 4, column 4
Examples of water race in a sentence
- This picture was taken from the head of a water race built to control the falls for a hydroelectric power plant.1956 October 17, The Australian Women's Weekly, page 16, column 1:
- A five-year-old girl was drowned in a water race near Goroka recently.1974 March 12, The Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, Port Moresby, page 10, column 5:
Forms of water race
| plural | water races |
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| alternative form | water-race |
Questions about water race
- What does water race mean?
- Water race means an artificial channel through which water is directed to run at high speed.
- How do you use water race in a sentence?
- This picture was taken from the head of a water race built to control the falls for a hydroelectric power plant.
- What part of speech is water race?
- Water race is a noun.
- What is the plural of water race?
- The plural of water race is water races.
Words near water race in the dictionary
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