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downcomer

[doun-kuhm-er]
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noun
  1. a pipe, tube, or passage for conducting fluid materials downward.

Origin of downcomer

First recorded in 1865–70; down1 + comer
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Examples from the Web for downcomer

Historical Examples

  • But I dreaded to be found eating, alone in that vast room, by the first downcomer.

    Seven Men

    Max Beerbohm

British Dictionary definitions for downcomer

downcomer

noun
  1. a pipe that connects a cistern to a WC, wash basin, etcAlso called: downcome
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