culvert (redirected from culverts)

cul·vert  (klvrt)

n.

1. A sewer or drain crossing under a road or embankment.

2.

a. The part of a road or embankment that passes over such a sewer or drain.

b. The channel or conduit for such a sewer or drain.

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culvert [ˈkʌlvət]

n

1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a drain or covered channel that crosses under a road, railway, etc.

2. (Electronics) a channel for an electric cable

3. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a tunnel through which water is pumped into or out of a dry dock

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

culvert - a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway drainpipe, waste pipe, drain - a pipe through which liquid is carried away

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culvert

noun drain, channel, gutter, conduit, watercourse The bomb was hidden in a culvert under a road.

Translations

culvert [ˈkʌlvət] N → alcantarilla f (debajo de una carretera)

culvert [ˈkʌlvə^rt] n → caniveau m

culvert

n → unterirdischer Kanal, (Abwasser)kanal m; (for cables) → Kabeltunnel m