1
: a transverse drain
2
: a conduit for a culvert
3
: a bridge over a culvert
Examples of culvert in a Sentence
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The vehicle drove off the right side of the road, struck a concrete drainage culvert, and overturned, according to a Kansas City Police Department news release.
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Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024
But there has been a lot of anger among residents that the city has fallen short there, not just in building new projects, but for not maintaining existing channels and culverts to keep them from getting backed up.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
Animals’ hoofs often sink into saturated ground while members of the sanctuary’s staff undertake flood mitigation efforts, installing culvert pipes and curtain drains, among other tactics, to no avail.
—Hilary Howard, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
There continued to be visible movement in the soil along the troubled hillside, but the restoration of a culvert system appeared to be effective, according to an update by Metrolink spokesperson Scott Johnson.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2024
The San Bernardino Line will see new culverts for diverting rainwater and storm runoff underneath the tracks to prevent flash flooding.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
Eight scrambled into a nearby culvert, and the rest took refuge under a tree.
—Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2024
Those include a large detention basin on the Clay Wash reach, a bridge structure in the upper reach, and a large culvert under Butler Avenue, Daggett said.
—The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2024
If there is no shelter nearby, get into the nearest ditch, low spot or underground culvert.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 13 Feb. 2024
Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024
But there has been a lot of anger among residents that the city has fallen short there, not just in building new projects, but for not maintaining existing channels and culverts to keep them from getting backed up.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
Animals’ hoofs often sink into saturated ground while members of the sanctuary’s staff undertake flood mitigation efforts, installing culvert pipes and curtain drains, among other tactics, to no avail.
—Hilary Howard, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
There continued to be visible movement in the soil along the troubled hillside, but the restoration of a culvert system appeared to be effective, according to an update by Metrolink spokesperson Scott Johnson.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2024
The San Bernardino Line will see new culverts for diverting rainwater and storm runoff underneath the tracks to prevent flash flooding.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
Eight scrambled into a nearby culvert, and the rest took refuge under a tree.
—Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Feb. 2024
Those include a large detention basin on the Clay Wash reach, a bridge structure in the upper reach, and a large culvert under Butler Avenue, Daggett said.
—The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2024
If there is no shelter nearby, get into the nearest ditch, low spot or underground culvert.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 13 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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culvert
noun
cul·vert
ˈkəl-vərt 
: a drain or waterway crossing under a road or railroad
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