drainpipe

Noun

Meaning

A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

waste pipe drain culvert sewerage leader channel pipe sink tile trench conduit sewer spout gutter drainage

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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

pipe piping pipage

Hyponyms

sewerage trap sewer scupper cloaca culvert

Phrases with the word

like a rat up a drainpipe

Examples

Remember crime against property is not real crime. People look at an oil painting and admire the use of brushstrokes to convey meaning. People look at a graffiti painting and admire the use of a drainpipe to gain access. Banksy

The craft is finding a decent drainpipe to get access to the site as much as it is in the art... Van Gogh used short, stumpy brush strokes to convey his insanity - I use short, thin ledges above mainline train tracks. Banksy

Neville Chamberlain looked at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe. Winston Churchill

Close letter words and terms

drainmaker draino drainout drainpipe trousers drainplug draintile