culvert conduit

  • 1culvert — [n] ditch for flow of water canal, channel, conduit, drain, duct, gutter, pipe, watercourse; concept 509 …

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  • 2culvert — [kul′vərt] n. [late 18th c. < ?] a conduit, esp. a drain, as a pipelike construction of stone, concrete, or metal, that passes under a road, railroad track, footpath, etc. or through an embankment …

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  • 3conduit — [n] passage aqueduct, cable, canal, channel, conductor, course, culvert, duct, flow, flume, gully, gutter, lead in, lead out, main, pipe, pipeline, race, sewer, spout, trough, tube, watercourse; concepts 499,501 …

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  • 4culvert — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1773 1. a transverse drain 2. a conduit for a culvert 3. a bridge over a culvert …

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  • 5Conduit — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Channel for the passage of water. < N PARAG:Conduit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 conduit conduit channel duct watercourse race Sgm: N 1 head race head race tail race Sgm: N 1 abito abito aboideau …

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  • 6culvert — 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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  • 7culvert — noun they were concerned with the foul smell from the water in the culvert Syn: channel, conduit, watercourse, trough; drain, gutter, ditch …

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  • 8conduit — noun spring water enters the brewery through a conduit Syn: channel, duct, pipe, tube, gutter, trench, culvert, cut, sluice, spillway, flume, chute …

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  • 9culvert — /kul veuhrt/, n. a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit. [1765 75; orig. uncert.] * * * …

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  • 10conduit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. channel, duct, passage. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pipe, duct, channel, flume, canal, tube, conductor, cable, flow area, culvert, lead in, lead out, aqueduct, spout, trough, gully, gutter, sewer,… …

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