Definitions for culvert

culvert cul·vert

Spelling: [kuhl-vert]
IPA: /ˈkʌl vərt/

Culvert is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in culvert (celrtuv).

Definitions for culvert

noun

  1. a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit.

Origin of culvert

First recorded in 1765-75; origin uncertain

Examples for culvert

Every little bridge and culvert had been known and was provided for.

The adjacency of the edge of the culvert warned him of what had befallen.

"I don't know—I couldn't see—we ran into a culvert," replied Maud.

The contractors then built the culvert which has a barrel 140 ft. long.

It also indicates to the drivers the location of the end of the culvert.

She was driving to meet a reporter waiting in an Oklahoma City motel when she crashed into the concrete wing wall of a culvert.

These are usually constructed with endwalls integral with the barrel of the culvert.

There was a shrieking streak of white and he disappeared under a culvert.

Their crossing was at a culvert, where the road passed under the tracks.

A culvert packed with explosives presents a particularly dangerous and challenging problem.

Word Value for culvert
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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