drainage
IPA: drˈeɪnʌdʒ
noun
- A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
- A system of drains.
- A downward wind.
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Examples of "drainage" in Sentences
- Drainage is occluded.
- Lymphatic drainage is to the chyle cistern.
- The drainage network is coarse and incised.
- The lake regulates the runoff of a drainage area.
- Abdominal reexploration and drainage of bile is curative.
- He was important in the development of the drainage plow.
- It provides venous drainage for the contents of the skull.
- In the drainage basin of the Dordogne, the Perigordian prevailed.
- He ordered the cleaning of the drainage ditches and canals of the city.
- The water level varies, depending on the water influx and drainage of the dam.