The culvert empties out behind my house.
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Culvert
//ˈkʌlvə(ɹ)t//
Synonyms for "culvert" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
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37 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κορχυρέα noun (channel for draining water)
Bulgarian
1 entries- водосток noun (channel for draining water)
Catalan
2 entries- claveguera noun (channel for draining water)
- desguàs noun (channel for draining water)
Czech
1 entries- propustek noun (channel for draining water)
Dutch
4 entries- duiker noun (channel for draining water)
- grondzijl noun (channel for draining water)
- verlaat noun (channel for draining water)
- zinker noun (channel for draining water)
Esperanto
3 entries- drenilo noun (channel for draining water)
- torentdrenilo noun (channel for draining water)
- tunelponto noun (channel for draining water)
Finnish
1 entries- siltarumpu noun (channel for draining water)
French
3 entries- buse noun (channel for draining water)
- drain noun (channel for draining water)
- ponceau noun (channel for draining water)
German
1 entries- Düker noun (channel for draining water)
Hebrew
1 entries- גִּשְׁרוֹן noun (channel for draining water)
Hindi
1 entries- पुलिया noun (channel for draining water)
Hungarian
2 entries- vízátvezető cső noun (channel for draining water)
- áteresz noun (channel for draining water)
Ido
2 entries- ponteto noun (channel for draining water)
- ponto noun (channel for draining water)
Māori
1 entries- karawata noun (channel for draining water)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kulvert noun (channel for draining water)
- stikkrenne noun (channel for draining water)
Polish
1 entries- przepust noun (channel for draining water)
Portuguese
2 entries- galeria de drenagem noun (channel for draining water)
- passagem hidráulica noun (channel for draining water)
Russian
1 entries- водопропускная труба noun (channel for draining water)
Spanish
2 entries- cloaca noun (channel for draining water)
- tajea noun (channel for draining water)
Swedish
3 entries- kulvert noun (channel for draining water)
- trumma noun (channel for draining water)
- vägtrumma noun (channel for draining water)
Tagalog
1 entries- alkantarilya noun (channel for draining water)
Turkish
1 entries- menfez noun (channel for draining water)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
We installed a new culvert to improve drainage.
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The culvert was clogged with debris.
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Tom crawled through the culvert.
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