DRAINPIPE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A pipe through which liquid is carried away

Synonyms:

drain; drainpipe; waste pipe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("drainpipe" is a kind of...):

pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drainpipe"):

culvert (a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway)

scupper (drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard)

cloaca; sewer; sewerage (a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water)

soil pipe (drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc.)

trap (drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas)