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waste pipe

American  

noun

  1. a pipe for draining liquid waste or excess liquids.

  2. Plumbing. a pipe for draining away the wastes of a building other than those from water closets.


waste pipe British  

noun

  1. a pipe to take excess or used water away, as from a sink to a drain

"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

Etymology

Origin of waste pipe

First recorded in 1505–15

Example Sentences

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They include waste pipe organs and a puppet rock band machine, and he is currently working on a motorised robot.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2023

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

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

In no case shall the refrigerator waste pipe discharge into a sink located in a living room.

From Elements of Plumbing by Dibble, Samuel Edward

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