"penstock" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: penstocks [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps from pen (“an enclosure”) + stock. Etymology templates: {{m|en|pen||an enclosure}} pen (“an enclosure”), {{m|en|stock}} stock Head templates: {{en-noun}} penstock (plural penstocks)
  1. 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. Translations (sluice or pipe): بربخ - أنبوب مفرِّغ (Arabic), шлюз (šljuz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tulokanava (Finnish), conduite forcée [feminine] (French), Druckrohrleitung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-penstock-en-noun-CXDP2Dvb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'sluice or pipe': 100 0
  2. The barrel of a wooden pump.
    Sense id: en-penstock-en-noun-ffwD8Pkk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pentstock

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