drainage pipe

collocation in English

meaningsofdrainageandpipe

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drainage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdreɪ.nɪdʒ/us
/ˈdreɪ.nɪdʒ/
the system of water or waste liquids flowing away from somewhere into the ground or ...
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pipe
noun[C]
uk
/paɪp/us
/paɪp/
a tube inside which liquid or gas flows from one place ...
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(Definition ofdrainageandpipefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The connection of geonets to perforated drainage pipes is difficult and extremely important.
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Between 1970 and 1972, the highway was paved, and the concrete dips replaced with drainage pipes.
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Water that collected in the drainage pipes under the dam to relieve the hydrostatic uplift pressure was carried off in this manner as well.
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The authority put a newdrainagepipeacross the road into the 6 in pipe.
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As the water level in the farm's dirty water tanks rose, the automatic sprinkler system was triggered and the water seeped into an old, unidentifieddrainagepipein a field.
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Additionally, 40,000 of drilled shafts and 75,000 linear feet ofdrainagepipewere completed.
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This helps to load all portions of thedrainagepipemore evenly and extends the drainage field life by preventing premature clogging.
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Thedrainagepipemakes sure that the water level in the "suikinkutsu" does not rise too high.
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Aboah also had the ability to squeeze his body into small spaces like adrainagepipeor a drawer.
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They attributed it to a burstdrainagepipeand estimated it could cost $1 million to repair.
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Large pores serve as waterdrainagepipeto allow the excessive water pass through the soil, during the heavy rains.
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His only means of escaping the lake is by swimming through adrainagepipeinto a maze of catacombs.
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A breakthrough occurred in the 1840s when a lucrative new market emerged for machines capable of manufacturing large quantities of drainage pipes and tiles in rural locations.
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This the householders did, often at considerable expense, but the trenches quickly filled with water and became stagnant, and drainage pipes had little effect.
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No formal regulations exist to control the use of high pressure water jets to clean sewerage or drainage pipes.
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The large four-wheeled drive tractor pulls a heavy load of chippings necessary to overfill the drainage pipes fast and efficiently.
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If agriculture is prosperous, there will be a bigger demand for bricks, land drainage pipes, and tiles for cottages.
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The producing firms, which are all subsidiaries of paper manufacturers, claim that pitch fibre pipes have certain advantages over glazed stoneware pipes, the traditional drainage pipes.
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Provisions have been made to deal with the immediate problems involving drainage pipes and culverts, but local engineers say that a full feasibility study is required.
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No such tunnels have been discovered, although small (and limited) subterranean structures do exist such as drainage pipes.
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