drainpipe

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drain‧pipe/ˈdreɪnpaɪp/ noun [COUNTABLE]
1. British English a pipe that carries rainwater away from the roof of a building SYN downspout

2. American English a pipe that carries waste water away from buildings SYN drain

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drainpipe trousers
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A more effective insulation is to box in the trap and drainpipe and fill the box with fiberglass insulation.
▪ Bernadette Pollock, 32, climbed a drainpipe on to a window ledge after losing her keys.
▪ I also borrowed a small silver bowl for collecting water from the drainpipe.
▪ It caught her straight across the neck and she probably owes her life to the fact that the drainpipe snapped.
▪ No fire-escape, no convenient drainpipe anyone could shin up.
▪ On one side it was fixed to a plastic drainpipe outside the Stars and Stripes pub.
▪ Outside the church, she was surprised to see Snappy, tethered to a drainpipe.
▪ There is some fine modelling on the façade although the drainpipes now spoil much of the effect.