claveguera — meaning in English

English meaning

• culvert noun A pipe or covered channel that carries a stream, ditch or drainage water underneath a road, railway or embankment.
• sewer noun An underground pipe or channel that carries away waste water and sewage.

Senses

claveguera is used for these senses in English:

• culvert A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.
• sewer A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.

culvert — full definition

1. noun A pipe or covered channel that carries a stream, ditch or drainage water underneath a road, railway or embankment.
2. verb To enclose a watercourse in such a channel, usually so that something can be built over it.

sewer — full definition

1. noun An underground pipe or channel that carries away waste water and sewage.
2. noun A person who sews.

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