CULVERT Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word culvert. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for CULVERT
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| channel | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a path over which electrical signals can pass • a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through • a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) • a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels • (often plural) a means of communication or access • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance • a television station and its programs • a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors verb • transmit or serve as the medium for transmission • direct the flow of • send from one person or place to another | ||||||||
| conduit | nounn | |||||||
noun • a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass | ||||||||
| ditch | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a long narrow excavation in the earth • any small natural waterway verb • forsake • throw away • sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly • make an emergency landing on water • crash or crash-land • cut a trench in, as for drainage | ||||||||
| drainpipe | nounn | |||||||
noun • a pipe through which liquid is carried away | ||||||||
| gutter | nounn | |||||||
noun • a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater • misfortune resulting in lost effort or money • a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.) • a tool for gutting fish verb • burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker • flow in small streams • wear or cut gutters into • provide with gutters | ||||||||
| pipe | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco • a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. • a hollow cylindrical shape • a tubular wind instrument • the flues and stops on a pipe organ verb • utter a shrill cry • transport by pipeline • play on a pipe • trim with piping | ||||||||
| trench | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth • a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor • any long ditch cut in the ground verb • impinge or infringe upon • fortify by surrounding with trenches • cut or carve deeply into • set, plant, or bury in a trench • cut a trench in, as for drainage • dig a trench or trenches | ||||||||
