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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Locals spotted the emission - which they said smelled like "rotting fish" - coming from a waste pipe at the Lochyside flood defences into the River Lochy on Sunday.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2024
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
They left the two taps running in the scullery and as the waste pipe of the sink was choked up with dirt, the sink filled up and overflowed like a miniature Niagara.
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
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