MEANING
A channel or pipe that carries water beneath a road, railway, or other obstruction.
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Words that belong together
- roadside culvert
- blocked culvert
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Leaves clogged the culvert and sent water across the road.
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Word forms
- Base
- culvert
Usage notes
Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular culvert; plural culverts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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