Usually means: Channel directing water to turbines.
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  1. headrace: Merriam-Webster
  2. headrace: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. headrace: Collins English Dictionary
  4. headrace: Vocabulary.com
  5. headrace: Wordnik
  6. headrace: Wiktionary
  7. headrace: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. headrace: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Headrace, headrace: Dictionary.com
  10. Headrace: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Headrace: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. headrace: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. headrace: Rhymezone
  14. Headrace: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. headrace: FreeDictionary.org
  16. headrace: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. headrace: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (headrace)

▸ noun:  The part of a millrace that brings water to the millwheel.
▸ noun:  A time trial in the sport of rowing.

Similar:
head-race, wheel-race, millrace, mill-race, mill race, race, millstream, mill head, raceway, leat, more...

Opposite:
tailrace, outflow, discharge

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Similar:
head-race, wheel-race, millrace, mill-race, mill race, race, millstream, mill head, raceway, leat, more...

Opposite:
tailrace, outflow, discharge



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