| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drain |
| Synonyms: | cesspool, cloaca, conduit, drainpipe, gutter, septic tank, sewage system, trench |
| Main Entry: | channel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pathway, usually containing water |
| Synonyms: | approach, aqueduct, arroyo, artery, avenue, canal, canyon, carrier, chamber, chase, conduit, course, dig, ditch, duct, fluting, furrow, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, main, means, medium, pass, passage, pipe, raceway, route, runway, sewer, slit, sound, strait, tideway, trough, tube, tunnel, vein, watercourse, way |
| 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: | 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: | pipe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passage, tube |
| Synonyms: | aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, conveyer, duct, hose, line, main, pipeline, sewer, spout, trough, vent, vessel |
| Main Entry: | dressmaker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seamstress |
| Synonyms: | designer, fitter, ladies' tailor, modiste, needle pusher, sewer, tailor |
| Main Entry: | septic tank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system for sewage disposal |
| Synonyms: | catchbasin, cesspit, cesspool, septic system, sewage-disposal tank, sewer, sump |
| 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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