drainage system
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈdreɪnɪdʒ ˈsɪstəm/
:
sistema de drenaje
- Adoption of innovations such as these should soon lead to improved drainage systems for the nation's breadbasket.
- drainage system and sewer
- nation's drainage systems
- water and drainage systems
Examples
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A substantial engineering effort was needed to repair the damage and install a drainage system in each camp.
Academic text (2005) -
The residents, it turned out, had been trying for years to obtain sewer and drainage systems for the area.
Academic text (2009) -
Any floodwater will then fall into a drainage system below the water barrier.
Blog text (13) -
All the runoff goes down drainage systems and gets dumped into the nearest river or lake.
Blog text (31) -
Basil inches his way through the tiny crawl space of the drainage system.
Fiction book (1999) -
The Buffalo Bayou drainage system is sluggish and flood-prone due to substantially level topography and poor soil permeability.
Academic text (2006) -
The city invested significant resources to build a reliable drainage system to prevent flooding during heavy rains.
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Engineers designed a new drainage system to effectively manage stormwater and reduce waterlogging in the neighborhoods.
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The agricultural land thrived after the installation of a modern drainage system that removed excess water quickly.
Synonyms
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3.0
A pipe under the street that carries away rainwater
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3.9
An underground drain that carries rain and surface water from streets and roofs, not waste water
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3.2
Pipes and channels that carry away extra water from an area
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'drainage' (removal of water) with 'system' (a collection of components), yielding a network for removing excess water. This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase following common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Drainage system comes from the simple image of many drains, like pipes or ditches, that carry water away from a place. People built these drains to 'remove' extra water and stop flooding, so the term now means a network that takes away extra water.