
n.
- The fast-moving stream of water that drives a mill wheel.
- The channel for the water that drives a mill wheel. Also called millrun.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel
Synonym: millrun
| Wikipedia: Mill race |
A mill race or raceway is the current or channel of a stream, esp. one for conducting water to or from a water wheel or other device for utilizing its energy.
Hikers on the Ben Utter Trail in Arcadia Management Area, Hope Valley, Rhode Island, can see the site of a former sawmill and may notice man-made channels cut into the granite. These grooves formed the millrace, increasing the speed of the water as it approached the sawmill so that it would have adequate force to turn the mill's huge waterwheel.
Mill Race was also the name for a test of nuclear technology using 620 tons of conventional explosives, conducted in 1981 at the White Sands Missile Range.
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| Translations: Mill-race |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - møllerende
Français (French)
n. - bief, chenal
Deutsch (German)
n. - Mühlbach
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μυλαύλακο
Italiano (Italian)
corrente che aziona il mulino
Português (Portuguese)
n. - corrente de água que alimenta roda de moinho (f)
Русский (Russian)
поток воды, приводящий в движение мельничное колесо, мельничный лоток
Español (Spanish)
n. - saetín, caz
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kvarnränna
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
推动水车的水流
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 推動水車的水流
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 水車用水, 水車用水路, 水車用導水路
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אפיק הזרם או הזרם המפעיל טחנת-קמח
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