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drainback

drainback noun: draining backward, or into an earlier stage of a system.

Noun

drainback (countable and uncountable, plural drainbacks)

  1. Draining backward, or into an earlier stage of a system.

Forms of drainback

pluraldrainbacks

Origin of drainback

From drain + back.

Questions about drainback

What does drainback mean?
Drainback means draining backward, or into an earlier stage of a system.
What part of speech is drainback?
Drainback is a noun.
What is the plural of drainback?
The plural of drainback is drainbacks.

Words near drainback in the dictionary

  1. drainage system
  2. drainage systems
  3. drainages
  4. drainageway
  5. drainageways
  6. drainback
  7. drainbacks
  8. drainboard
  9. drainboards
  10. Drainbow
  11. Drainbows

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