SEWER MAIN Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the phrase sewer main. (close relations)
Definition of SEWER MAIN
sewer
Best Alternative Words for SEWER MAIN
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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 | ||||||||
culvert | nounn | |||||||
noun • a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway | ||||||||
drainage | nounn | |||||||
noun • emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it | ||||||||
duct | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance • a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls • an enclosed conduit for a fluid | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
pipeline | nounn | |||||||
noun • gossip spread by spoken communication • a pipe used to transport liquids or gases | ||||||||
trough | nounn | |||||||
noun • a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) • a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater • a concave shape with an open top • a treasury for government funds • a long narrow shallow receptacle • a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed | ||||||||
watercourse | nounn | |||||||
noun • natural or artificial channel through which water flows • a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth • a conduit through which water flows | ||||||||
sewer line | nounn | |||||||
noun • a main in a sewage system |