How do you use Drainpipe in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like drain or pipe, plus the exact meaning.
Drainpipe meaning
- A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained.
- A verticle pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout.
Using Drainpipe
- The main meaning on this page is: A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained. | A verticle pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout. | A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained.
- Useful related words include: drain, waste pipe, pipe, pipage.
- In the example corpus, drainpipe often appears in combinations such as: plastic drainpipe, drainpipe and.
Context around Drainpipe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Drainpipe
- In this selection, "drainpipe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, plastic and new stand out and add context to how "drainpipe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a plastic drainpipe and launched and a new drainpipe in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "drainpipe" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with drainpipe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He ripped off a plastic drainpipe and launched it at police. (11 words)
He joined in with the violence and ripped off a plastic drainpipe and launched it at police. (17 words)
You will need to disconnect the dishwasher drain hose, which is attached with a hose clamp, and the drainpipe. (19 words)
In an email to team and stadium officials, Lead Stadium Groundskeeper Wayne Thompson said a new drainpipe in the area of concern was added Monday, and spliced existing pipes, which were “filled with water”, into the new pipe. (38 words)
An Aberdeen teen sparked an armed police response after shimmying up a drainpipe at a block of flats and threatening to slit his own throat, a court has heard. (29 words)
They do not have enough project documentation to clear a canal overgrown with bushes, and lay a drainpipe from the field into the canal. (24 words)
Example sentences (7)
They do not have enough project documentation to clear a canal overgrown with bushes, and lay a drainpipe from the field into the canal.
You will need to disconnect the dishwasher drain hose, which is attached with a hose clamp, and the drainpipe.
He joined in with the violence and ripped off a plastic drainpipe and launched it at police.
He ripped off a plastic drainpipe and launched it at police.
A passer-by who told police he had seen a man descending a drainpipe was able to identify him.
An Aberdeen teen sparked an armed police response after shimmying up a drainpipe at a block of flats and threatening to slit his own throat, a court has heard.
In an email to team and stadium officials, Lead Stadium Groundskeeper Wayne Thompson said a new drainpipe in the area of concern was added Monday, and spliced existing pipes, which were “filled with water”, into the new pipe.
Common combinations with drainpipe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: