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DRAINAGE SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drainage system mean?
• DRAINAGE SYSTEM (noun)
The noun DRAINAGE SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. a system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water
Familiarity information: DRAINAGE SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("drainage system" is a kind of...):
system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)
Context examples
The organs associated with the production and removal of tears including the secretory glands, drainage system, and nerves.
(Lacrimal Apparatus, NCI Thesaurus)
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