drainage

[ drey-nij ]

/ ˈdreɪ nɪdʒ /

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noun

the act or process of draining.

a system of drains, artificial or natural.

something that is drained off.

Surgery. the drainage of fluids, as bile, urine, etc., from the body, or of pus and other diseased products from a wound.

Origin of drainage

First recorded in 1645–55; drain + -age

OTHER WORDS FROM drainage

o·ver·drain·age, noun

Words nearby drainage

dragée, drahthaar, drail, drain, drain rod, drainage, drainage basin, drainage tube, drainage wind, drainageway, drainboard

Example sentences from the Web for drainage

It would only be a few more months before his boss Muammar would be shot while attempting to escape through a drainage pipe.

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German planes landed in New Orleans to deliver food rations, as well as a team of drainage specialists.

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During a morning press conference, Dormer said he believed that Gilbert most likely fell into a drainage ditch and drowned.

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Sixteen days later, his severed head was found in a drainage ditch miles from their home.

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Sin City has no jobs, and the newly homeless are living in drainage pipes.

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His bank is to make the loans for the association's drainage, and he has bought a big tract of land in this district.

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Danger, from drainage of barns and barnyards, 137;from leachings from privies and cesspools, 138.

Rural Hygiene |Henry N. Ogden
If any doubt exists, make a drainage bed of eight inches of clinkers before starting to lay the stones.

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These towns were repaired with brick or cement, and provided with what they had never yet enjoyed, a proper system of drainage.

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Under favorable circumstances now no procedure is more satisfactory in its results than free incision and drainage.

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British Dictionary definitions for drainage

drainage

/ (ˈdreɪnɪdʒ) /

noun

the process or a method of draining

a system of watercourses or drains

liquid, sewage, etc, that is drained away

Medical definitions for drainage

drainage

[ drā′nĭj ]

n.

The removal of fluid or purulent material from a wound or body cavity.

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