A culvert is a water pipe or sewer that crosses under a road or railway.
Synonyms: drain, channel, gutter, conduit More Synonyms of culvert
culvert in British English
(ˈkʌlvət)
noun
1.
a drain or covered channel that crosses under a road, railway, etc
2.
a channel for an electric cable
3.
a tunnel through which water is pumped into or out of a dry dock
Word origin
C18: of unknown origin
culvert in American English
(ˈkʌlvərt)
noun
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
Word origin
late 18th-c. < ?
Examples of 'culvert' in a sentence
culvert
Gower had been dragged some fifty yards to the culvert.
Hilton, John Buxton THE INNOCENTS AT HOME (A SUPERINTENDENT KENWORTHY NOVEL) (1996)
It was a big drain, like a culvert under a road, but the storm waters must be heavy here.
Brierley, David SNOWLINE (1996)
The map was a U. S. Geological Survey quadrangle chart large enough in scale to show every arroyo, hogan, windmill, and culvert.
Tony Hillerman THE FALLEN MAN (1996)
(noun)
Definition
a drain or pipe that crosses under a road or railway
The district owns and operates the culverts for water drainage.
Synonyms
drain
He built his own house and laid his own drains.
channel
Keep the drainage channel clear.
gutter
The waste washes down the gutter and into the city's sewerage system.
conduit
He saw that the conduit was choked with rubbish.
watercourse
Additional synonyms
in the sense of channel
Definition
a groove
Keep the drainage channel clear.
Synonyms
duct,
chamber,
artery,
groove,
gutter,
furrow,
conduit
in the sense of conduit
Definition
a channel or tube for carrying a fluid or electrical cables
He saw that the conduit was choked with rubbish.
Synonyms
passage,
channel,
tube,
pipe,
canal,
duct,
main
in the sense of gutter
Definition
a channel on the roof of a building or alongside a kerb, used to collect and carry away rainwater
The waste washes down the gutter and into the city's sewerage system.