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Drainpipe

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A pipe for carrying off water or sewage.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A pipe connecting the drain to the gutter

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A pipe used in draining.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a pipe through which liquid is carried away

Word Usage

"Ideally, the drainpipe is sloped or inclined approximately 2% or ¼ inch per foot of length, to keep the waste in the pipe, wet and amid liquid to lubricate and promote its slow but constant movement along the length of the pipe."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

pipage piping pipe

Hyponym

sewer scupper soil pipe sewerage culvert

Form

drainpipe trousers rat up a drainpipe

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

leader downspout

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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