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culvert Definition

cul·vert (kulvərt)

noun

a conduit, esp. a drain, as a pipelike construction of stone, concrete, or metal, that passes under a road, railroad track, footpath, etc. or through an embankment

Etymology: late 18th-c. < ?

culvert Synonyms

culvert

n.

duct, canals, watercourse; see channel 1, conduit, pipe 1.

culvert Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • block: The owner of the land through which the culvert or water course is running, is responsible for clearing a blocked culvert.
  • replace: The works involved excavations in Leicester Road to lay a large 1000 mm x 650 mm elliptical culvert to replace the existing defective culvert.
  • build: In some cases it may be possible to build an otter culvert into a new road scheme to allow their safe passage.
  • have: Our design has the culvert located in the courtyard at the rear of the school.

Adjective modifier

  • navigable: There is enough room to put a navigable culvert through this side.
  • concrete: The concrete covered culvert is now the only entrance to the fields at the far end of Windsor Avenue.
  • underground: He did not repeat an earlier source that the water for the Monks comes in an underground culvert from Tetbury some 100 ft higher.
  • existing: The solution will be to divert the canal through an existing road culvert.
  • small: The water of the canal passes through a small culvert beneath the road.
  • large: A large culvert was handy for a road crossing.

Modifies a noun

  • tunnel: June 13th 2002: Looking through the new box culvert tunnel from the location shown in the previous picture.
  • pipe: Construction is taking place around the culvert pipes which will be removed later.
  • bridge: The new box culvert bridge at Wool Road opened to traffic during the last week.
  • section: These have been driven in to form the sides of the channel into which the new box culvert bridge sections will be placed.

Noun used with modifier

  • drainage: This drainage culvert crosses a basal section of the Antonine Wall at New Kilpatrick Cemetery in Bearsden, near Glasgow, Scotland.
  • brick: The sump is then connected to the Old Main Line by a brick culvert that runs under the locks.
  • box: The canal will pass through a box culvert 110 meters long, which will not have a towpath.
  • stone: Was it built to protect the lead pipe or was the lead pipe put into a previously constructed stone culvert?
  • way: Gough Way is currently protected by the combined capacity of the Gough Way culvert and the relief channel.
  • road: The solution will be to divert the canal through an existing road culvert.

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