storm drain
noun
: a drain that carries water (such as rainwater) away from a street, parking lot, etc.
Examples of storm drain in a Sentence
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At another point, he was seen placing a FedEx envelope into a storm drain.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2024
Authorities found Butler’s body in a storm drain near the school’s gymnasium.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2024
Environmental groups called the cities’ tactics an unseemly attempt to avoid having to pay to upgrade their sewer pipes and storm drain systems.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
Samadi’s family’s lawsuit contends the three-man city crew should have set up cones and that the trucks should have had their amber flashers on while they were parked on the side of the road cleaning storm drain filters.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
How to Make a Simple Rain Garden to Solve Stormwater Problems
The idea behind a rain garden is to essentially create a storm drain out of a garden bed.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
It is suspected the spill was caused when a frozen water pipe in the building burst and washed some chemicals into the storm drain.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
In Ingham, a town of about 5,000 inundated by floods, conservation officials captured a 9-ft-long crocodile in a storm drain by a gas station, media clips showed.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
The other emergency was declared to make quick repairs to a storm drain pipe along Carlsbad Village Drive near Pontiac Drive, where the combination of intense rain, debris flow and intrusive tree roots caused erosion that threatened to undermine the road.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2024
Authorities found Butler’s body in a storm drain near the school’s gymnasium.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2024
Environmental groups called the cities’ tactics an unseemly attempt to avoid having to pay to upgrade their sewer pipes and storm drain systems.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
Samadi’s family’s lawsuit contends the three-man city crew should have set up cones and that the trucks should have had their amber flashers on while they were parked on the side of the road cleaning storm drain filters.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
How to Make a Simple Rain Garden to Solve Stormwater Problems
The idea behind a rain garden is to essentially create a storm drain out of a garden bed.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
It is suspected the spill was caused when a frozen water pipe in the building burst and washed some chemicals into the storm drain.
—Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
In Ingham, a town of about 5,000 inundated by floods, conservation officials captured a 9-ft-long crocodile in a storm drain by a gas station, media clips showed.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
The other emergency was declared to make quick repairs to a storm drain pipe along Carlsbad Village Drive near Pontiac Drive, where the combination of intense rain, debris flow and intrusive tree roots caused erosion that threatened to undermine the road.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
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“Storm drain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storm%20drain. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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