sluice
Example Sentences
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I scooped more mud from the sluice and swirled it around in my pan.
From Literature
“The slide could sweep down to Spirit Lake, dam it to a high level. Mudflows would sluice down valley … the whole cracked north flank could slide.”
From Literature
Sometimes they can be overgrown with vegetation or, in the case of drains and sluices, blocked.
From BBC
Dump trucks carried the soil to an immense sluicing operation, where water from two reservoirs washed away dirt to reveal gold nuggets.
From Los Angeles Times
People on social media brandish gold-flecked pans and nuggets while showing off their equipment, ranging from old-fashioned picks to gold-separating sluice boxes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
