culvertnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkʌl.vət/us/ˈkʌl.vɚt/a pipe for waste water that crosses under roads, railways, etc.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Building: plumbing & pipes & sewage
- ballcock
- bleed
- cesspit
- cistern
- conduit
- downpipe
- flush
- leakage
- overflow
- pipeline
- piping
- plughole
- plumb
- plumber
- siphon
- stopcock
- tubing
- U-bend
- washer
- waste water 1
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Examples from literature
- Fred thought he heard a shout as they passed under the culvert.
- Poor lads, they had been sitting on an old culvert with water up to their waists.
- Presently an officer rode his horse down to the stream at the head of the culvert.
- The road gang put in a culvert through which flowed the drainage from a hill on the opposite side of the road.
- They all agreed to meet down by the culvert.