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]
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flood·gate
/
ˈflʌdˌgeɪt
/
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[
fluhd
-geyt
]
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noun
1.
Civil Engineering
.
a
gate
designed to regulate the flow of water.
2.
anything serving to
control
the indiscriminate flow or passage of something.
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Origin:
1175–1225;
Middle English;
see
flood
,
gate
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Word Origin & History
floodgate
early 13c. in the figurative sense (especially with reference to tears or rain); literal sense is mid-15c.; from
flood
+
gate
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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