penstock

Meaning of penstock

noun
  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.
  2. The barrel of a wooden pump.

Information about penstock

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of penstock is: penstocks.
  • Languages ​​in which penstock is used:

    (Press the button to hear it)

Hyphenation of penstock

pen-stock

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • penstock is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

penstock synonyms

Meaning sluicegate:

sluicegate, floodgate

Meaning sluice:

sluice, sluiceway

Words that rhyme with penstock

tock, ticktock, paltock, piltock, Bantock, Clintock, rantock, Barnstock, Birkenstock, Blackstock, Branstock, Comstock, Klopstock, Rostock, Stock, Weinstock, Woodstock, Woolstock, alpenstock, antistock, ballstock, bedstock, beetlestock, bestock, bitstock, bloodstock, buttstock, cardstock, castock, comstock, counterstock, custock, deadstock, diestock, drillstock, fatstock, feedstock, floutingstock, footstock, gapingstock, gazingstock, gunstock, headstock, jackstock, jestingstock, laughingstock, linstock, lintstock, livestock, millstock

Are you looking more rhymes for penstock? Try our rhymes search engine.