drainage tunnel

collocation in English

meaningsofdrainageandtunnel

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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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tunnel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʌn.əl/us
/ˈtʌn.əl/
a long passage under or through the ground, especially one made ...
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(Definition ofdrainageandtunnelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Often thought to be a railway tunnel, it was actually constructed only as adrainagetunnelso that water can be removed from the farmlands.
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At the same time, the tunnel vault was rehabilitated, while thedrainagetunnelwas rebuilt.
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It boasted a vast system of canals and flumes, its 7,800-footdrainagetunnelwas termed a feat of engineering skill.
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Rather, the dam was designed with ten seepage pipes that drain into adrainagetunnelpassing through the dam's three spillways.
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Starting in 1836, its level was lowered by 36 metres through an artificialdrainagetunnelof 380 m length.
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The survivors try to access an olddrainagetunnelthrough which they can escape the airport.
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The pumping plants were designed with the capacity to deal with up to four-times the amount of water that entered thedrainagetunneland subsequently the pumping shafts.
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At that end a smalldrainagetunnelhad to be built to divert a stream that had flowed down a steep gully where the tunnel mouth was to be.
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A system of drainage tunnels was excavated into the left and right abutments at the foot of the main dam.
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The depth of the mines' shafts started to reach below the level of the drainage tunnels.
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In addition, earthworms not only ingest partly composted material, but also continually re-create aeration and drainage tunnels as they move through the compost.
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Aspull's long history of mining left a legacy of old mineshafts, water drainage tunnels (soughs) and abandoned mine workings.
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