as in pipe
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
a penstock carried water for the waterwheel
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Recent Examples of penstock
Brenda Burman, general manager of the Central Arizona Project, presented a diagram showing the dam’s eight large tubes, called penstocks, that water normally passes through, as well as the smaller outlet pipes that enable water releases at low reservoir levels.
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
River water entered the powerhouse and fell down a system of 140-foot vertical pipes, called penstocks, one for each generator.
—Charles R. Morris, WSJ, 21 June 2018
The penstock flows powered the turbines that turned shafts activating the top-side generators.
—Charles R. Morris, WSJ, 21 June 2018
The reservoir can also be lowered by discharges through the dam’s power plant, but one of the two power plant outlets, known as penstocks, was shut down for routine maintenance of turbines.
—Ralph Vartabedian, latimes.com, 10 May 2017
Equipment: An intake gate called a penstock, valves and pressure gauges, turbine, switchgear, inverter, and electronics.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2017
Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
River water entered the powerhouse and fell down a system of 140-foot vertical pipes, called penstocks, one for each generator.
—Charles R. Morris, WSJ, 21 June 2018
The penstock flows powered the turbines that turned shafts activating the top-side generators.
—Charles R. Morris, WSJ, 21 June 2018
The reservoir can also be lowered by discharges through the dam’s power plant, but one of the two power plant outlets, known as penstocks, was shut down for routine maintenance of turbines.
—Ralph Vartabedian, latimes.com, 10 May 2017
Equipment: An intake gate called a penstock, valves and pressure gauges, turbine, switchgear, inverter, and electronics.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for penstock
Noun
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The building is old and has lead pipes, so a service brings in large plastic bottles for a water cooler.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2025
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The suspect was swinging the pipe and smashed a station call box, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
Noun
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LLMs and machine learning are merely the conduit through which benefits to the customer are delivered.—
Justin Warren,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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His strained, sandpaper-coarse timbre served as an ideal conduit for songs concerned with boisterous revelries, shady agreements, licentious intentions and musical pleasures.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Two of the visible Air tubes on the heel host Lego branding, including a Minifigure head at the rear, and iridescent detailing is used for the midfoot shank and mustache.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
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When the new Gateway tunnel opens, doubling the number of tubes under the Hudson, through running those trains to Grand Central (the best option) or out to Queens and Long Island is far smarter than demolishing Block 780 to the south for a dead-end stub terminal, now pegged to cost $17 billion!—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Castelli maps four transmission channels: acute events, chronic shifts, transition pressures, and litigation.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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More than 1,500 people are suing the city in 54 lawsuits, saying its failure to maintain its storm channels led to catastrophic flooding that displaced thousands, mainly in underserved neighborhoods in the Chollas Creek watershed.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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“Penstock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penstock. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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