Plural of drainage
regular plural
The plural of drainage is drainages.
Forms of drainage
| Singular | drainage /ˈdɹeɪnəd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | drainages |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Drainages in a sentence
- The shutups are training grounds for aspiring geologists, a glimpse into geological history through a succession of Cretaceous rocks from youngest to oldest as you ascend the drainages.2024, Roy Morey, The Other Side of Nowhere. From the entry shutup
- Who fishes in the yellow-coloured monsoonal runoff from the drainages, with sheets of deep water pouring into the wide rivers swollen over their banks, filling vast plains with floodwaters?2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 3. From the entry monsoonal
Meaning of drainage
- noun A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
- noun A system of drains.
- noun A downward wind.
Questions about the plural of drainage
- What is the plural of drainage?
- The plural of drainage is drainages.
- Is drainage countable?
- Drainage is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: drainage (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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