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updrainage

updrainage adjective: upstream in the direction of drainage.

Adjective

updrainage (comparative more updrainage, superlative most updrainage)

  1. Upstream in the direction of drainage.
    • The likely reason that the plant went belly up at that site was that a housing development went in updrainage of the site.1988 April 15, James Krohe Jr., “Where Has All the Flora Gone?”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2011
    Antonyms:
    downdrainage

Antonyms of updrainage

Forms of updrainage

comparativemore updrainage
superlativemost updrainage

Origin of updrainage

From up- + drainage.

Questions about updrainage

What does updrainage mean?
Updrainage means upstream in the direction of drainage.
What part of speech is updrainage?
Updrainage is an adjective.

Words near updrainage in the dictionary

  1. updrafts
  2. updrag
  3. updragged
  4. updragging
  5. updrags
  6. updrainage
  7. updraught
  8. updraughts
  9. updraw
  10. updrawing
  11. updrawn

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