CULVERTS Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word culverts. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for CULVERTS
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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 | ||||||
| drain | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it • tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material • a pipe through which liquid is carried away • a gradual depletion of energy or resources verb • flow off gradually • deplete of resources • empty of liquid; drain the liquid from • make weak | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| pipeline | nounn | |||||
noun • gossip spread by spoken communication • a pipe used to transport liquids or gases | ||||||
| sewer | nounn | |||||
noun • a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water • someone who sews • misfortune resulting in lost effort or money | ||||||
| tube | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases • electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope • a hollow cylindrical shape • (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure • an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) verb • provide with a tube or insert a tube into • convey in a tube • ride or float on an inflated tube • place or enclose in a tube | ||||||
| tunnel | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars) • a hole made by an animal, usually for shelter verb • move through by or as by digging • force a way through | ||||||