esclusa

f.

1 lock.

2 floodgate, gate to control water level, lock, lock-gate.

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esclusa

► nombre femenino

1 lock, sluicegate, floodgate

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noun f.

lock

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SF [de canal] (=cierre) lock, sluice; (=compuerta) floodgate

esclusa de aire — airlock

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femenino (de canal) lock; (de presa) floodgate, sluicegate

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= sluice gate, sluice, floodgate.

Ex. One such improvement was an opening and closing mechanism applied to the sluice gates.

Ex. An important part of meeting this challenge was to build better sluices.

Ex. I always think of you as a great river dammed up by a floodgate, so that the water only escapes here and there through holes and by channels.

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femenino (de canal) lock; (de presa) floodgate, sluicegate

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= sluice gate, sluice, floodgate.

Ex: One such improvement was an opening and closing mechanism applied to the sluice gates.

Ex: An important part of meeting this challenge was to build better sluices.

Ex: I always think of you as a great river dammed up by a floodgate, so that the water only escapes here and there through holes and by channels.

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esclusa

feminine

1 (de un canal) lock

2 (de una presa) floodgate, sluicegate

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esclusa sustantivo femenino (de canal) lock;
(de presa) floodgate
esclusa sustantivo femenino lock: las compuertas de esta esclusa no funcionan correctamente, the sluice gates of this lock are malfunctioning
'esclusa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
compuerta
English:
airlock
- floodgate
- lock
- sluice

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esclusa nf

1. [recinto de canal] lock

2. [compuerta] floodgate

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esclusa

f lock

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esclusa nf

: floodgate, lock (of a canal)