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deculvert

deculvert verb: to remove a culvert from (a waterway) so that it flows openly.

Verb

deculvert (third-person singular simple present deculverts, present participle deculverting, simple past and past participle deculverted)

  1. (UK, transitive) To remove a culvert from (a waterway) so that it flows openly.

Forms of deculvert

third-person singular presentdeculverts
present participledeculverting
past participledeculverted
pastdeculverted

Origin of deculvert

From de- + culvert.

Questions about deculvert

What does deculvert mean?
Deculvert means to remove a culvert from (a waterway) so that it flows openly.
What part of speech is deculvert?
Deculvert is a verb.
What is the past tense of deculvert?
The past tense of deculvert is deculverted.

Words near deculvert in the dictionary

  1. deculturization
  2. deculturize
  3. deculturized
  4. deculturizes
  5. deculturizing
  6. deculvert
  7. deculverted
  8. deculverting
  9. deculverts
  10. decuman
  11. decumans

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