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drywell

drywell is the alternative form of dry well.

Meaning of dry well

Noun

dry well (plural dry wells)

  1. An underground structure (for example, a pit filled with gravel) that disposes of unwanted water (most commonly surface runoff and stormwater and in some cases greywater) by holding it and dissipating it into the groundwater.
    Synonyms:
    absorbing well, drain well, negative well, dumb well, dead well, blind well
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dry, well. Any kind of well that is dry.

Forms of drywell

pluraldrywells

Questions about drywell

What is drywell the alternative form of?
Drywell is the alternative form of dry well.

Words near drywell in the dictionary

  1. drywallers
  2. drywalling
  3. drywalls
  4. dryweight
  5. dryweights
  6. drywell
  7. drywells
  8. drywipe
  9. drywors
  10. Drzewiecki
  11. Drzewieckis

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