Defenition of the word drainage

• Defenition of the word drainage

  • 1) Removal of groundwater or surface water, or of water from structures, by gravity or pumping. 2) The discharge of water from a soil by percolation (the process by which surface water moves downwards through cracks, joints and pores in soil and rocks). (Source: MGH / WHIT)
  • emptying accomplished by draining
  • emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

Synonyms for the word drainage

• • drain

Hypernyms for the word drainage

• • emptying
  • evacuation
  • voidance

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