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culverts

culverts is the plural of culvert.

culverts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of culvert.

Meaning of culvert

Noun

culvert (plural culverts)

  1. A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.
    • A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC, page 98

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Questions about culverts

What is culverts the plural of?
Culverts is the plural of culvert.

Words near culverts in the dictionary

  1. culvertail
  2. culvertailed
  3. culvertails
  4. culverted
  5. culverting
  6. culverts
  7. Culverwell
  8. Culverwells
  9. culverwort
  10. culverworts
  11. Culwell

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