chiusa — meaning in English

English meaning

• floodgate noun An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
• lock noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.
• sluice noun A gate or channel that controls the flow of water, often found in canals or dams.

Senses

chiusa is used for these senses in English:

• floodgate An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
• floodgate (figuratively, extension) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion, etc.
• lock A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
• lock A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
• sluice An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
• sluice gate A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.

floodgate — full definition

1. noun An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
2. noun Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion, etc.
3. noun A stream that passes through a floodgate; a torrent.

lock — full definition

1. noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.
2. verb To fasten something with a lock, or to become fixed in place.
3. noun A section of a canal enclosed by gates, used to raise or lower boats between different water levels.
4. noun A strand or tuft of hair.

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