syver

/ ˈsaɪvər /

noun

1. a street drain or the grating over it

2. a street gutter

Word History and Origins

Origin of syver¹

C17: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

The waist-high monolith, created by Norwegian artists Syver Lauritzsen and Eirik Haugen Murvoll, oozes colored goo when someone nearby tweets an emotion.

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She and her darling were looking over the window at the tumultuous crowd of children scrambling for Young Islay's bowl-money scattered by Black Duncan in the golden syver sand.

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