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drainout

drainout noun: a channel for the purpose of draining liquid out of a system.

Noun

drainout (plural drainouts)

  1. A channel for the purpose of draining liquid out of a system.
    • The valves are removable from the surface without excavating the hydrants, and are provided with automatic drainouts with brass nipple, set below frost line, and are surrounded with a broken stone blind drain.1911, Engineering Review, volume 21, page 28

Forms of drainout

pluraldrainouts

Origin of drainout

Deverbal from drain out.

Questions about drainout

What does drainout mean?
Drainout means a channel for the purpose of draining liquid out of a system.
What part of speech is drainout?
Drainout is a noun.
What is the plural of drainout?
The plural of drainout is drainouts.

Words near drainout in the dictionary

  1. drainlessness
  2. drainlike
  3. drainmaker
  4. drainmakers
  5. draino
  6. drainout
  7. drainouts
  8. drainpipe
  9. drainpipe jeans
  10. drainpipe pants
  11. drainpipe trousers

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