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Noun: gate  geyt
  1. A movable barrier in a fence or wall
     
  2. A computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
    - logic gate
     
  3. Total admission receipts at a sports event
     
  4. Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
Verb: gate  geyt
  1. (architecture) supply with a gate
    "The house was gated"
     
  2. Control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
     
  3. Restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment

Sounds like: gang, gangate

Derived forms: gated, gates, gating

Type of: bound, computer circuit, confine, control, furnish, gross, limit, movable barrier, offer, operate, passageway, provide, receipts, render, restrict, revenue, supply, throttle, trammel

Part of: air terminal, airport terminal

Encyclopedia: Gate, Oklahoma