spillway en · NOUN
Etymology
From spill + way.
Meanings
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A path designed to take away overflow safely.
On February 24, 319379 crosses the wrought-iron Carr Mill Viaduct with Northern's 1515 Liverpool Lime Street-Wigan North Western service, viewed from a spillway for the reservoir.
2023 May 31, “Feature Pictorial”, in RAIL, number 984, page 57, photo caption:Absence of filtered undrains beneath spillways or behind walls.
1993, Loren Runar Anderson, Geotechnical practice in dam rehabilitation:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spillways | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
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