| Main Entry: | culvert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ditch for flow of water |
Synonyms: |
canal, channel, conduit, drain, duct, gutter, pipe, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | conduit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage |
Synonyms: |
aqueduct, cable, canal, channel, conductor, course, culvert, duct, flow, flume, gully, gutter, lead-in, lead-out, main, pipe, pipeline, race, sewer, spout, trough, tube, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | drain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | channel through which liquid runs off |
Synonyms: |
cesspool, cloaca, conduit, culvert, ditch, duct, outlet, pipe, sewer, sink, trench, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | gully |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ravine, ditch |
Synonyms: |
channel, chase, chasm, crevasse, culvert, gutter, notch, trench, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | gutter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ditch |
Synonyms: |
channel, conduit, culvert, dike, drain, duct, eaves, fosse, funnel, gully, moat, pipe, runnel, sewer, sluice, spout, sulcation, trench, trough, tube, watercourse |
| Main Entry: | watercourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterway |
Synonyms: |
aqueduct, brook, canal, channel, chute, conduit, creek, culvert, drain, estuary, flume, gullet, gully, gutter, inlet, ravine, river, sluice, spillway, stream, trench, wadi |
| Concept: | [Channel for the passage of water] Conduit. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; fluids in motion |
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-nouns
conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; arroyo; adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate, runner; lock-weir, tedge; vena; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina; pipe (tube); funnel; tunnel (passage); water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage, ajutage; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks.
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