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Drainpipe

A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.

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Cloaca 76% connected

A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Culvert 76% connected

A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.

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Scupper 76% connected

An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.

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Sewer 76% connected

One who sews, or stitches.

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Sewerage 76% connected

The construction of a sewer or sewers.

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Trap 76% connected

To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

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Pipage 76% connected

Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.

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Pipe 76% connected

A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Piping 76% connected

of Pipe

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Drain 92% connected

To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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