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penstock
Overview of noun penstock
The noun penstock has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate -- (regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice)
2. sluice, sluiceway, penstock -- (conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun penstock
2 senses of penstock
Sense 1
sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate
=> regulator
=> control, controller
=> mechanism
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
sluice, sluiceway, penstock
=> conduit
=> passage
=> way
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun penstock
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun penstock
2 senses of penstock
Sense 1
sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate
=> regulator
Sense 2
sluice, sluiceway, penstock
=> conduit
Antonyms of noun penstock
Member Holonyms of noun penstock
Substance Holonyms of noun penstock
Part Holonyms of noun penstock
1 of 2 senses of penstock
Sense 1
sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate
PART OF: sluice, sluiceway, penstock
Member Meronyms of noun penstock
Substance Meronyms of noun penstock
Part Meronyms of noun penstock
1 of 2 senses of penstock
Sense 2
sluice, sluiceway, penstock
HAS PART: sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate
Meronyms of noun penstock
1 of 2 senses of penstock
Sense 2
sluice, sluiceway, penstock
HAS PART: sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate
Holonyms of noun penstock
1 of 2 senses of penstock
Sense 1
sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate
PART OF: sluice, sluiceway, penstock
Attributes of noun penstock
Derived Forms of noun penstock
Domain of noun penstock
Domain Terms of noun penstock
Familiarity of noun penstock
penstock used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun penstock
2 senses of penstock
Sense 1
sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate
> regulator
=> aperture
=> ballcock, ball cock
=> draft
=> faucet, spigot
=> flywheel
=> peg
=> petcock
=> register
=> safety valve, relief valve, escape valve, escape cock, escape
=> sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate
=> thermostat, thermoregulator
Sense 2
sluice, sluiceway, penstock
> conduit
=> aqueduct
=> duct
=> flue
=> millrace, millrun
=> sluice, sluiceway, penstock
=> spillway, spill, wasteweir
=> tube, tubing
=> waterspout
Meronyms of noun penstock
2 senses of penstock
Sense 1
sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate
=> regulator
=> control, controller
=> mechanism
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 2
sluice, sluiceway, penstock
HAS PART: sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate
=> conduit
=> passage
=> way
HAS PART: wayside, roadside
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun penstock
1 of 2 senses of penstock
Sense 1
sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate
PART OF: sluice, sluiceway, penstock
Grep of noun penstock
alpenstock
penstock
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