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Meanings of drainpipe in English
Portuguese
escoadouro Catalan
desguàs Synonyms
Examples for "drain"
Examples for "drain"
1
Cook noodles in water according to package directions; drain and set aside.
2
Plunge in cold water, drain and leave to rest for 15 minutes.
3
People are drinking drain water because we have no water, said Mhlathi.
4
Yet a talent drain lasting four years has taken a heavy toll.
5
Use a slotted spoon to remove from oil, drain on paper towel.
1
A small waste pipe from a bath or a basin is a great inconvenience.
2
Water dripped off his chin and his eyelashes, and gurgled down the waste pipe.
3
The result was that I lost all my rings and breastpin down the waste pipe.
4
The use of wrought-iron pipe for waste pipe 2 inches or less in diameter is prohibited.
5
A waste pipe should be attached to the sink and arranged to discharge through the floor.
Usage of drainpipe in English
1
Once or twice each year it was the drainpipe from the sink.
2
She had tied its lead to the drainpipe next to the door.
3
He ordered three suits, all with drainpipe trousers and flaring hacking coats.
4
Beyond the railing, the wind switched suddenly, hooting in a nearby drainpipe.
5
As he was climbing down the drainpipe, his leg began to throb.
6
Right foot rainbarrel, left foot window ledge, left hand iron drainpipe.
7
Three days ago she had climbed through a smoke-filled drainpipe with this stomach.
8
An angler stands near the drainpipe feeding bread to the fish.
9
He dropped clumsily from the roof, clutched hold of a drainpipe.
10
At the top of the window frame we could see an uprooted drainpipe.
11
Bazine followed it out the window, scuttled down a drainpipe, and took off.
12
Growling, he shimmied along the windowsill until he found a drainpipe.
13
One newspaper describes them scaling the drainpipe and entering through an apartment window.
14
He circled the building twice, before settling on a sturdy-looking drainpipe.
15
Victor picked up a chunk of concrete and pitched it down the drainpipe.
16
She shimmied up a drainpipe, her thighs clinging to the iron.
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Drainpipe through the time
Drainpipe across language varieties
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