drainpipe

noun

drain·pipe ˈdrān-ˌpīp

Synonyms of drainpipe next

: a pipe for drainage

Examples of drainpipe in a Sentence

our drainpipe is always getting clogged with leaves

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Sometimes the offenses have been minor, such as when József Szájer, a far-right Hungarian M.E.P., was caught shimmying down a drainpipe in a vain attempt to distance himself from a 25-man orgy held in defiance of pandemic lockdown restrictions. —

George Pendle, airmail.news, 8 June 2024 During a cycle, a dishwasher drains from either a drainpipe or it empties straight into the garbage disposal in your sink. —

Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024 The human digestive tract was, by Lane’s estimation, the biological equivalent of the household drainage system: with the stomach as the toilet bowl, the small intestine the drainpipe and the large bowel the septic tank. —

Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024 Calls for help along a north Georgia highway led to the discovery of a man stuck in a 24-inch drainpipe under the road, according to rescuers. —

Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drainpipe