culvert

noun

Definition of culvertnext
as in ravine

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Recent Examples of culvert The Accord apparently left the road and struck a culvert, with the driver suffering non-life-threatening injuries and another passenger uninjured. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 July 2026 The funding will also help pay for the replacement of a large drainage culvert near Sierra College Boulevard on English Colony Way at Clover Valley Creek, along with the construction of a new bridge and roadway improvements on Garden Bar Road at Doty Ravine. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026 That includes upgrading the runways, fixing the culverts and building new jet hangars. — Elle Meyers, CBS News, 28 May 2026 In Belgium, culvert removals in the Anlier forest are reconnecting smaller tributaries that play an important role in local biodiversity. — Radina Gigova, CNN Money, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for culvert
Recent Examples of Synonyms for culvert
  1. ravine
  2. gully
  3. ditch
  4. trench
  5. drain
  6. dike
  7. acequia
  8. gutter
Noun
  • The helicopter then returned to the ravine and carried out the same technical maneuver to bring the second climber to safety.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • At the other side of the woods the land dips into a ravine, the great trees end and dense bushes clot the bank.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of ravine
Noun
  • Hazlewood also captured Taijul Islam, taken at gully by Green for 17.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Sarah’s partner Elijah, Karissa and I continued up into the mountains, scrambling over loose rocks to get closer to a gully carved into the side of a mountain towering behind the pools.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Definition of gully
Noun
  • In the spring, when the snow is melting and the springs that are high up in the rock cliffs some miles away are carrying it down full speed, the ditches overflow as does the little creek that runs near my cabin.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Though Sarnia’s industrial corridor is downstream from Lake Huron, several drainage ditches in the area are connected to creeks that flow into the lake, Corcoran said in an interview.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of ditch
Noun
  • Add the chicest pair of clogs, slim-line sneakers, and the most versatile trench below to your cart.
    — Anna Traver, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The film, set in the Belgian trenches of the First World War, follows the love between two young soldiers who try, through art and intimacy, to escape the horrors around them.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of trench
Noun
  • Six flies were near a floor drain outside the walk-in cooler.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Dump sink next to the cooks line has a disconnected drain line.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of drain
Noun
  • Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The company says the W-01 responds to risks from tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, marine submersion and dike or dam failures.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026
Definition of dike
Noun
  • Thursday At 1pm, head to Mission San Juan for a free immersive agricultural tour and an acequia demonstration.
    — Megan Stringer, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But the biggest challenge to saving acequias may be preserving the age-old knowledge behind their existence.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 19 July 2023
Definition of acequia
Noun
  • Standing urinals in the form of gutters are found at some Roman public buildings, such as the Colosseum.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The documents detail a sprawling crime scene filled with bullet holes and littered with shell casings recovered from around the church, the neighboring playground and as far away as the walls and gutters of houses in the surrounding neighborhood.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of gutter

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“Culvert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culvert. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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