waste pipe
Americannoun
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a pipe for draining liquid waste or excess liquids.
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Plumbing. a pipe for draining away the wastes of a building other than those from water closets.
noun
Etymology
Origin of waste pipe
First recorded in 1505–15
Example Sentences
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The worker went to the unit below that apartment and cut what he believed to be a drain waste pipe to remove the clog and put a cap on the pipe.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
In a separate incident, Bulverhythe beach in Hastings, on the East Sussex coast, reopened on Friday after a "serious" sewage leak caused by a burst Southern Water waste pipe.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2021
The open sewer was festooned with mosquitoes, and a long cordon of ants could be seen trailing along the waste pipe from the house.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2017
Why don't they just name comedy clubs after comedians?Why does the outside of the base of most toilet tanks show the path of the waste pipe?
From Slate ● Dec. 21, 2011
At last we stopped, and the big boilers sent out their steam through the waste pipe with a loud roar.
From Canada and the States by E. W. (Edward William) Watkin
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