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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant..
It amazes him still, this effortless journey powered by the fall of water. Water surging through tunnel and penstock.
Use penstock when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Penstock means A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant..
Common synonyms include sluice, floodgate, sluicegate, sluiceway.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It amazes him still, this effortless journey powered by the fall of water. Water surging through tunnel and penstock.
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