Drainwork

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The drains of a building etc. countable, uncountable

    "Such drainwork should be laid with a compressible layer above and immediately over the pipework[…]"

Example

More examples

"Such drainwork should be laid with a compressible layer above and immediately over the pipework[…]"

Etymology

From drain + work.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.