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soakaway

soakaway noun: a deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes.

Noun

soakaway (plural soakaways)

  1. (UK) A deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes.
    • These trenches, you know, are much deeper than one's height; you don't see anything. It's like walking along a mud-walled passage. Every now and then some one stumbles into a soakaway for rainwater.1916, H. G. Wells, chapter 9, in Mr. Britling Sees It Through

Forms of soakaway

pluralsoakaways

Origin of soakaway

From soak + away.

Questions about soakaway

What does soakaway mean?
Soakaway means a deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes.
What part of speech is soakaway?
Soakaway is a noun.
What is the plural of soakaway?
The plural of soakaway is soakaways.

Words near soakaway in the dictionary

  1. soak the runner
  2. soak up
  3. soakable
  4. soakage
  5. soakages
  6. soakaway
  7. soakaways
  8. soaked
  9. soaked away
  10. soaked in
  11. soaked to the bones

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