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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 railway
Familiarity information: CULVERT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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