drainage
pronunciation
How to pronounce drainage in British English:
UK [ˈdreɪnɪdʒ]
How to pronounce drainage in American English:
US [ˈdreɪnɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- emptying accomplished by draining
Word Origin
- drainage (n.)
- 1650s, from drain + -age.
Example
- 1. Britain 's catastrophic floods of 2007 were largely the result of overloaded drainage .
- 2. The history of municipal drainage seems like an issue that one might reasonably ignore .
- 3. A liver abscess will require tube drainage and antibiotics to cure .
- 4. He casts an urgent glance at the drainage grate beneath the sink .
- 5. Drainage was left to open sewers , canals and sluices , which often proved ineffective .