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CULVERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does culvert mean? 

CULVERT (noun)
  The noun CULVERT has 1 sense:

1. a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railwayplay

  Familiarity information: CULVERT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CULVERT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("culvert" is a kind of...):

drain; drainpipe; waste pipe (a pipe through which liquid is carried away)


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