Meaning

1 senses

  1. A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.

    Düker

    водопропускная трубаvodopropusknaja truba

    a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The culvert was clogged with debris.

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  2. The culvert empties out behind my house.

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  3. We installed a new culvert to improve drainage.

    deWir haben eine neue Dole verlegt, um die Entwässerung zu verbessern. — Yorwba

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  4. Tom crawled through the culvert.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
channel for draining water:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
channel for draining water:

Origin

Origin obscure, with a number of possible etymologies suggested:

Origin obscure, with a number of possible etymologies suggested:

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Forms

plural: culverts
Singularculvert
Pluralculverts

regular

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddeculvert

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
culturalB1culturallyB2cultureA1cumbersome

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