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HEADRACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does headrace mean?
• HEADRACE (noun)
The noun HEADRACE has 1 sense:
1. a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine
Familiarity information: HEADRACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("headrace" is a kind of...):
watercourse; waterway (a conduit through which water flows)
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