Raceway (Noun)
Meaning 1
A canal for a current of water.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The engineer designed a raceway to channel the water from the dam to the hydroelectric power plant.
- The old mill used a raceway to direct the water from the nearby stream to power its machinery.
- The park's designers included a small raceway to create a soothing background noise from the gently flowing water.
- The fish swam rapidly through the narrow raceway that connected the two larger ponds.
- The water flowed swiftly through the concrete raceway that lined the bottom of the spillway.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
A course over which races are run.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.