Associations to the word «Spillway»

Wiktionary

SPILLWAY, noun. A path designed to take away overflow safely.

Dictionary definition

SPILLWAY, noun. A channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne