noun
culvert
KUL-vurt/ˈkʌlvərt/
A drain or pipe that carries water under a road or embankment.
Water passes through a culvert beneath the road.
Etymology
The word’s origin is unknown. It is recorded as the name for a brickwork or masonry drain beneath a road or railway.
In context
Engineers and the City of Durham has have learned a lot about storm water runoff since that house was built um that stream adjacent to their property runs in a culvert under the street to Wetland
More examples
- Debris blocks the culvert during the storm.
- Workers replace the damaged culvert.
- The path crosses above a narrow concrete culvert.
Forms
culvert · culverts