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downpipes

downpipes is the plural of downpipe.

Meaning of downpipe

Noun

downpipe (plural downpipes)

  1. The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
    • NR plans to install new aluminium downpipes to carry the considerable rainwater for which the area is known.2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival: Ribblehead Viaduct repairs”, in Rail, page 26
    Synonyms:
    downspout

Questions about downpipes

What is downpipes the plural of?
Downpipes is the plural of downpipe.

Words near downpipes in the dictionary

  1. downpick
  2. downpicked
  3. downpicking
  4. downpicks
  5. downpipe
  6. downpipes
  7. downpitch
  8. downpitched
  9. downpitches
  10. downpitching
  11. downplay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downpipes (page history and authors); downpipe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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