Definition of tailrace Tailrace
tail•race
We found 6 definitions of tailrace from 4 different sources.
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What does tailrace mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: tailraces |
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| tailrace - a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine |
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Wiktionary 
- tailrace (Noun)
The part of a millrace that carries water away from a water wheel . - tailrace (Noun)
The part of a hydropower facility that carries water away from a turbine.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tailrace (n.)
See Race, n., 6. - tailrace (n.)
The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.
Part of speech
🔤- tailrace, noun, singular of tailraces.
