culvert pipe

  • 1Culvert — A large stone culvert (1888–89) in Blackwater Canyon, West Virginia. The structure formerly supported a railroad. A culvert is a device used to channel water. It may be used to allow water to pass underneath a road, railway, or embankment.… …

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  • 2culvert — [n] ditch for flow of water canal, channel, conduit, drain, duct, gutter, pipe, watercourse; concept 509 …

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  • 3culvert — UK [ˈkʌlvə(r)t] / US [ˈkʌlvərt] noun [countable] Word forms culvert : singular culvert plural culverts a very wide pipe that carries water under a road or railway line …

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  • 4culvert — [[t]kʌ̱lvə(r)t[/t]] culverts N COUNT A culvert is a water pipe or sewer that crosses under a road or railway …

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  • 5culvert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. conduit, drain. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. duct, canals, watercourse; see channel 1 , conduit , pipe 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. sewer, drain, conduit, channel, pipe, waterway, gutter, gully,… …

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  • 6culvert — cul|vert [ˈkʌlvət US ərt] n a pipe that takes a stream under a road, railway line etc …

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  • 7culvert — cul|vert [ kʌlvərt ] noun count a very wide pipe that carries water under a road or railroad line …

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  • 8culvert — noun (C) a pipe that takes a stream under a road, railway line, etc …

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  • 9waste pipe — noun a pipe through which liquid is carried away • Syn: ↑drain, ↑drainpipe • Derivationally related forms: ↑drain (for: ↑drain) • Hypernyms: ↑pipe, ↑ …

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