downpipe
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- noun
- /ˈdaʊnˌpaɪp/
- UK
:
tubo de bajada
- While water companies struggle to replace worn-out pipes, we are preserving our own supplies by storing rainwater in systems as simple as water butts supplied from downpipes and as sophisticated as large underground filter systems.
Examples
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Make sure to check the downpipe for blockages to prevent flooding in the backyard.
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The old house had a rusty downpipe that needed to be replaced before the rainy season.
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The guys who insulate the joints' downpipe after the welds are completed stop.
Fiction book (1998) -
Just recently he was away for a weekend, and I did a bit of DIY plumbing of a water butt to the downpipe. He came in after looking at it and said I could use his tool kit anytime if that was the quality of my work. Now that was a big compliment!
Blog text (26) -
During the storm, the downpipe efficiently directed all the excess rainwater into the drainage system.
Synonyms
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2.5
A pipe that carries water away from a building, for example from the roof
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3.4
A pipe that carries rainwater from the roof gutter down to the ground
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4.9
A pipe that carries water from the edge of a roof
A pipe on a building that carries rainwater from the roof to the ground
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Downpipe is a simple combination of down 'toward the ground' and pipe 'a tube', so it means the tube that carries rainwater down from the roof to the ground or drain.