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Definition of culvert noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

culvert

noun
 
/ˈkʌlvət/
 
/ˈkʌlvərt/
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  1. a tunnel that carries a river or a pipe for water under a road
    • Culverts ran the entire length of the building.
    • The culvert seemed to be disused and silted up with debris.
    Topics Geographyc2
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: of unknown origin.
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