millrace

[ mil-reys ]

/ ˈmɪlˌreɪs /

noun

the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.

the current itself.

Origin of millrace

First recorded in 1470–80; mill¹ + race¹

Words nearby millrace

millisecond, millivolt, milliwatt, Mill, John Stuart, millpond, millrace, millrind, millrun, Mills, Mills bomb, mill scale

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Example sentences from the Web for millrace

As she did so the water swept out of the cabin like a millrace, carrying both boys helplessly with it.
The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Pacific|Wilbur Lawton
How will Barney Doran's millrace agree with your motor-boats?
Personality in Literature|Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
The stream poured past like a millrace, and he looked hopelessly on the swift water.
The Romance of the Coast|James Runciman
Bob, it seemed, had often spoken of the girl whose quick wit had saved him from the millrace almost two years before.
A Little Miss Nobody|Amy Bell Marlowe

Then the hills closed in on the river and the current ran like a millrace.
A Wayfarer in China|Elizabeth Kendall

British Dictionary definitions for millrace

millrace

millrun

/ (ˈmɪlˌreɪs) /

noun

the current of water that turns a millwheel

the channel for this water

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单词	millrace
释义	millrace [ mil-reys ] / ˈmɪlˌreɪs / noun the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill. the current itself. Origin of millrace First recorded in 1470–80; mill¹ + race¹ Words nearby millrace millisecond, millivolt, milliwatt, Mill, John Stuart, millpond, millrace, millrind, millrun, Mills, Mills bomb, mill scale Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for millrace As she did so the water swept out of the cabin like a millrace, carrying both boys helplessly with it. The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Pacific\|Wilbur Lawton How will Barney Doran's millrace agree with your motor-boats? Personality in Literature\|Rolfe Arnold Scott-James The stream poured past like a millrace, and he looked hopelessly on the swift water. The Romance of the Coast\|James Runciman Bob, it seemed, had often spoken of the girl whose quick wit had saved him from the millrace almost two years before. A Little Miss Nobody\|Amy Bell Marlowe Then the hills closed in on the river and the current ran like a millrace. A Wayfarer in China\|Elizabeth Kendall British Dictionary definitions for millrace millrace millrun / (ˈmɪlˌreɪs) / noun the current of water that turns a millwheel the channel for this water Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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