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drainage

[ drey-nij ]

noun

  1. the act or process of draining.
  2. a system of drains, artificial or natural.
  3. something that is drained off.
  4. Surgery. the drainage of fluids, as bile, urine, etc., from the body, or of pus and other diseased products from a wound.


drainage

/ ˈdreɪnɪdʒ /

noun

  1. the process or a method of draining
  2. a system of watercourses or drains
  3. liquid, sewage, etc, that is drained away
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of drainage1

First recorded in 1645–55; drain + -age
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Example Sentences

Those projects include platform reconstructions, bridge replacements, drainage improvements and other infrastructure needs as part of a $5 billion backlog.

Wheeler has no money to replace its aging stormwater pipes and drainages to handle wind and rain storms on the Oregon Coast, which scientists predict will become more frequent and severe because of climate change.

Zones most vulnerable to flooding are those near creeks and streams, and low-lying areas with poor drainage.

Locally heavy rains could trigger some flash flooding in poor drainage areas.

Areas most vulnerable to flooding are roads near small streams and low-lying spots with poor drainage.

It would only be a few more months before his boss Muammar would be shot while attempting to escape through a drainage pipe.

German planes landed in New Orleans to deliver food rations, as well as a team of drainage specialists.

Acid rock drainage is the single biggest pollutant associated with copper mining.

During a morning press conference, Dormer said he believed that Gilbert most likely fell into a drainage ditch and drowned.

Sixteen days later, his severed head was found in a drainage ditch miles from their home.

The payment for this drainage was to be one-twentieth part of the ore raised by the different mines.

All drainage from such land had to be pumped over the river bank, in many places 10 feet above the cultivated surface.

It is thus obvious that the drainage of the soil modifies its properties both mechanically and chemically.

Thus in the Laurentian Lakes above Ontario the geologist finds evidence that the drainage lines have again and again been changed.

A "culvert" is a bridge of small span giving passage to drainage.

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