culvert

suomi-englanti sanakirja

culvert englannista suomeksi

  1. siltarumpu, holvirumpu

  1. Substantiivi

  2. siltarumpu

  3. Verbi

culvert englanniksi

  1. a dialectal word,

  2. a word related to the name of the now-forgotten inventor,(R:Etymonline)

  3. a derivation from (der), although (m) is not used in this sense and the French translation of culvert is (m) or (m),

  4. a derivation from an unrecorded (der) word, possibly (m), a combination of (m+), from (der), and (der).

  5. A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.

  6. 1922, Woolf|Virginia Woolf, ''Jacob's Room|Jacob's Room'', Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 91

  7. A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert.
  8. {{quote-book|en|year=1996|author=Janette Turner Hospital|title=(novel)|Oyster|publisher=Virago Press|edition=paperback|page=167

  9. To channel (a stream of water) through a culvert.

  10. (quote-book)

  11. vile, nefarious