headworks

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Synonyms: headwork, deadworks, headwords, leadworks, headworker, meatworks, headword, beadwork, roadworks, headlocks, leadworts

Antonyms: headwork, deadworks, headwords, leadworks, headworker, meatworks, headword, beadwork, roadworks, headlocks, leadworts

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Noun

1. Any [[structure]] at the [[head]] or [[diversion]] point of a [[waterway]]. It is smaller than a [[barrage]] and is used to [[divert]] water from a river into a [[canal]] or from a large canal into a smaller canal.

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