1
: a transverse drain
2
: a conduit for a culvert
3
: a bridge over a culvert
Examples of culvert in a Sentence
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Take your pedestal seat down and lay on your back to slide your boat beneath a culvert or a walkway.
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Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 10 July 2024
The work is a part of the $160-million project to repair I-75 between M-15 (Ortonville Road) and the Oakland/Genesee county line, which includes resurfacing I-75, repairing 11 bridges, drainage improvements, culvert replacements, signs, and guardrail repairs.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2024
Solly: The very next morning there was actually a worker who saw Bobby’s leg sticking out of the culvert, which really threw a wrench in Leopold and Loeb’s plans.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
The pipe rusted out and water traveled around the culvert.
—Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
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Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 10 July 2024
The work is a part of the $160-million project to repair I-75 between M-15 (Ortonville Road) and the Oakland/Genesee county line, which includes resurfacing I-75, repairing 11 bridges, drainage improvements, culvert replacements, signs, and guardrail repairs.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2024
Solly: The very next morning there was actually a worker who saw Bobby’s leg sticking out of the culvert, which really threw a wrench in Leopold and Loeb’s plans.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
The pipe rusted out and water traveled around the culvert.
—Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
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“Culvert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culvert. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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culvert
noun
cul·vert
ˈkəl-vərt 
: a drain or waterway crossing under a road or railroad
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