Culvert Definition

kŭlvərt
culverts
noun
A sewer or drain crossing under a road or embankment.
American Heritage
A conduit, esp. a drain, as a pipelike construction of stone, concrete, or metal, that passes under a road, railroad track, footpath, etc. or through an embankment.
Webster's New World
The channel or conduit for such a sewer or drain.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Culvert

Noun

Singular:
culvert
Plural:
culverts

Origin of Culvert

  • Obscure, possibly dialect or related to the name of the long-forgotten inventor, or possibly from French couvert ("covered"), although couvert cannot be used in the same way, and the introduction of an l to make the English word is difficult to explain.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Culvert Sentence Examples

  • A " culvert " is a bridge of small span giving passage to drainage.

  • In the case of a culvert the circumferential rods are sometimes laid continuously in the form of a spiral as in the Bordenave system.

  • A large culvert was handy for a road crossing.

  • There is enough room to put a navigable culvert through this side.

  • The concrete covered culvert is now the only entrance to the fields at the far end of Windsor Avenue.

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Words Starting With

CCUCUL

Words Ending With

TRTERT

Unscrambles

culvert

Words Starting With C and Ending With T

Starts With C & Ends With TStarts With CU & Ends With TStarts With C & Ends With RT

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With T