Culvert - English meaning

noun

A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.

Usage examples:

The bay includes saltmarsh, shallow and open water, tidal channels, mudflats and numerous islands, …

verb

Direct towards a particular end or object.

Usage examples:

The council is to channel public funds into training schemes

noun

A passage for water or other liquids to flow along, or a part of a river or other area of water that is deep and wide enough to provide a route for ships to travel along

Usage examples:

The english channel, she switched to another channel to watch the news., we’ve established a regula…

noun

A channel for conveying water or other fluid.

Usage examples:

Nearby springs supplied the conduit which ran into the brewery

noun

A way of connecting two places, systems, etc.

Usage examples:

There is growth in sales to hong kong, the conduit for exports to the rest of the area., conduit be…

noun

A pipe or passage for water or electrical wires to go through

Usage examples:

They make pipes and tubes that are used in construction and as electrical conduits., cracks in the …

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

verb

Emptying something by allowing liquid to run out of it

noun

A shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.

Usage examples:

I recall considering grabbing the gutter on the roof edge as it rose past me, but doubted it would …

verb

(of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily.

Usage examples:

The candle flickered, and after a moment, the little flame guttered out.

noun

A channel at the lower edge of a roof for carrying away rain, or a side of a road that is lower than the center of the road, where water and garbage collects

Usage examples:

Every fall we have to clean leaves out of the gutters., the campaign went right into the gutter onc…

noun

A long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of.

Usage examples:

A water trough

verb

Eat greedily.

Usage examples:

The culprit turned out to be my dog, caught red-handed troughing into the berries when she thought …

noun

A narrow, open box to hold water or food for animals

Usage examples:

Investors have to live through stock market troughs.

noun

A brook, stream, or artificially constructed water channel.

Usage examples:

It should never be spread close to a watercourse, and tanks should never be cleaned beside a stream…