water gate
Lock for boats
A water gate is a gate or valve controlling the flow of water, especially one that regulates passage into or out of a canal, reservoir, or other waterway: The water gate was raised to flood the rice paddies. (Capitalized Watergate refers to the 1970s political scandal.)
- floodgateWater-controlling barrier mechanism
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
outrage · regulator · penstock · scandal · hatch · moat · riverside · tidal flow · riverfront · navigation route · Nixon · White House · dirty tricks · impeachment · cover-up · smoking gun · deep throat · floodplain
- gatesgateway, gatehouse, gatepost, tollgate, floodgate
- flood controllevee, levees, flood channels, dike, dikes
- irrigation systemscanal, aqueduct, headgate, flume, ditch
- water barriersseawall, breakwater, levee, dike, floodwall
- water systemsirrigation ditches, irrigation, pipes, tanks, wells
- waterwaysriver, rivers, canal, canals, stream