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DRAINPIPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pipe through which liquid is carried away
Synonyms:
drain; drainpipe; waste pipe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("drainpipe" is a kind of...):
pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drainpipe"):
culvert (a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway)
scupper (drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard)
cloaca; sewer; sewerage (a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water)
soil pipe (drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc.)
trap (drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas)
