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    DRAINPIPE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A pipe through which liquid is carried awayplay

    Synonyms:

    drain; drainpipe; waste pipe

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("drainpipe" is a kind of...):

    pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drainpipe"):

    culvert (a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway)

    scupper (drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard)

    cloaca; sewer; sewerage (a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water)

    soil pipe (drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc.)

    trap (drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas)

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