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drainless

drainless adjective: without a drain.

Adjective

drainless (not comparable)

  1. Without a drain.
    • drainless crankcase
    • For 1972 each of the big four among motor makers has announced improved or increased use of recycling technology designed to eliminate overboard oil drainage. In these engines, oil, which normally accumulates in the crankcase of all two-cycle outboards, is now returned under pressure to the...1971 December 1, “Outboard power for 1972. The power race seems to have slowed to a reasonable rumble, and emphasis now is on anti-pollution and anti-corrosion”, in F.M. Paulson, editor, Field and...

Origin of drainless

From drain + -less.

Words formed from drainless

Questions about drainless

What does drainless mean?
Drainless means without a drain.
What part of speech is drainless?
Drainless is an adjective.

Words near drainless in the dictionary

  1. draining the snake
  2. draining the swamp
  3. draining-well
  4. drainingly
  5. drainings
  6. drainless
  7. drainlessness
  8. drainlike
  9. drainmaker
  10. drainmakers
  11. draino

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