Culvert Definition

kŭlvərt
culverts
noun
A sewer or drain crossing under a road or embankment.
American Heritage
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.
Webster's New World
The channel or conduit for such a sewer or drain.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Culvert

Noun

Singular:
culvert
Plural:
culverts

Origin of Culvert

  • Obscure, possibly dialect or related to the name of the long-forgotten inventor, or possibly from French couvert ("covered"), although couvert cannot be used in the same way, and the introduction of an l to make the English word is difficult to explain.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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