culvert
pronunciation
How to pronounce culvert in British English:
UK [ˈkʌlvət]
How to pronounce culvert in American English:
US [ˈkʌlvərt]
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- Noun:
- a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
Word Origin
- culvert (n.)
- 1773, origin unknown, perhaps, as Weekley suggests, the name of a long-forgotten engineer or bridge-builder.
Example
- 1. They ran for the culvert and ducked in .
- 2. Best I can cherish the culvert .
- 3. After days of hard work , the culvert was at last completed .
- 4. Rebel forces found him hiding in a roadside culvert , and mobile phone footage of the time shows him being dragged away , kicked and punched , with blood running from a head wound .
- 5. Works of no.9 road : so far , the earthwork , culvert at k0-064and soft foundation replacement works have been carried out .