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How to pronounce drainpipe in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms drain, waste pipe
Type of piping, pipage, pipe
Has types sewer, sewerage, soil pipe, cloaca, trap, culvert, scupper

Examples of drainpipe

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In Linz, Austria, you can bed down in a drainpipe in a park by the Danube River.
From the washingtonpost.com
At the bottom is that 8-foot-diameter Colonialtown drainpipe, built in the 1970s.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Combined with the sodden prevailing wind, it's like living under a drainpipe.
From the guardian.co.uk
It was mostly me who was on drainpipe duty because I was the youngest and smallest.
From the guardian.co.uk
The site may be on a ledge or bank, in a crevice or drainpipe, or beneath a bridge.
From the en.wikipedia.org
You should also consider hiring a plumber to do a video inspection of the drainpipe.
From the dailyherald.com
Like a weasel, Bill Clinton emerges from the drainpipe shinier than when he went in.
From the time.com
A stool in the fortifications in the redoubt looks as odd as a drainpipe in a forest.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Just lift the drainpipe hook from the wall drain and hang it over a bucket.
From the dispatch.com
More examples
  • Drain: a pipe through which liquid is carried away
  • (Drainpipes) Slim-fit pants or skinny jeans have a snug fit through the legs and end in a small leg opening that can be anywhere from 9" to 20" depending on size. Other names for this style include pegs, drainpipes, stovepipes, cigarette pants, pencil pants, skinny pants or skinnies. ...
  • A pipe connecting the drain to the gutter
  • (Drainpipes) very narrow fitting trousers or jeans (alo known as skinny jeans).
  • A nickname for an extremely thin person. Also Snaky and Voice-pipe sweeper.
  • Very narrow fitting trousers often tighter around the ankle (see also Cigarette pants). examples
  • British term for a tandem's Keel tube.
  • Three- or four-inch-diameter pipe with holes on the sides for collecting underground seepage and carrying it away from a foundation. ABS, PVC, and vitrified clay are the most common materials.
  • Elimination system, colon.