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culvert

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12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkʌlvə(ɹ)t/

Definition of culvert

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.
    “A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert.”
    “After she left, I ran away for a day, and hid myself, solitary, in a culvert under the railway lines.”
    “It was on the leisurely upswing when, 16 years after we bought our house, a woman driving a fancy S.U.V. jumped the culvert, plowed through the hedge, jumped the culvert again and sped off.”
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noun

  1. A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.
    “A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert.”
    “After she left, I ran away for a day, and hid myself, solitary, in a culvert under the railway lines.”
    “It was on the leisurely upswing when, 16 years after we bought our house, a woman driving a fancy S.U.V. jumped the culvert, plowed through the hedge, jumped the culvert again and sped off.”

verb

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To channel (a stream of water) through a culvert.
    “This led to a great deal of straightening and culverting, which in turn led to a massive loss of biodiversity.”

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Etymology

Origin obscure, with a number of possible etymologies suggested: * a dialectal word, * a word related to the name of the now-forgotten inventor, * a derivation from French couvert…

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Origin obscure, with a number of possible etymologies suggested: * a dialectal word, * a word related to the name of the now-forgotten inventor, * a derivation from French couvert (“covered”), although couvert is not used in this sense and the French translation of culvert is ponceau or buse de drainage, * a derivation from an unrecorded Dutch word, possibly *coul-vaart, a combination of Dutch coul-, from French couler (“to flow”), and Dutch vaart (“a trip by boat, a canal”).

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