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soakaways

soakaways is the plural of soakaway.

Meaning of soakaway

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

Questions about soakaways

What is soakaways the plural of?
Soakaways is the plural of soakaway.

Words near soakaways in the dictionary

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

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