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rain gardens

rain gardens is the plural of rain garden.

Meaning of rain garden

Noun

rain garden (plural rain gardens)

  1. A planted depression or hole that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas, such as roofs and driveways, to be absorbed into the ground.
    • The area around the station, spanning some 150 hectares, will also be transformed, with sunken rain gardens in the public plaza in addition to an outdoor terrace to the station concourse.2023 May 31, Chris Howe, “A new rail Interchange in the Midlands”, in RAIL, number 984, page 61

Questions about rain gardens

What is rain gardens the plural of?
Rain gardens is the plural of rain garden.

Words near rain gardens in the dictionary

  1. rain frog
  2. rain frogs
  3. rain gage
  4. rain gages
  5. rain garden
  6. rain gardens
  7. rain gauge
  8. rain gauges
  9. rain gutter
  10. rain gutters
  11. rain hat

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