culverts

noun

plural of culvert
as in gullies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culverts
  1. gullies
  2. ditches
  3. ravines
  4. drains
  5. trenches
  6. dikes
  7. gutters
Noun
  • The dark form of the bear was rounding the ridges and gullies, appearing and disappearing among the brush in the direction of the head of the canyon.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
  • Scott Gordon, chief of water enforcement for EPA’s regional office at the time, toured the site in 2000 and said he was shocked by how the industrial water found its path into the river, sometimes through gullies cut by the flow.
    — DYLAN JACKSON, ABC News, 6 May 2026
Definition of gullies
Noun
  • This untreated runoff makes its way through storm drains and ditches into our local streams and rivers and eventually, the ocean.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Both townships and counties had authority to tax land thus providing funds for roads and ditches.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026
Definition of ditches
Noun
  • Rising from near the Aegean coast to 9,573-foot Mytikas, Greece’s highest peak, the mountain encompasses forests, ravines, limestone cliffs, and alpine habitat with unusually rich plant diversity.
    — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Hundreds, thousands of solar panels are distributed like macropixels among ravines, pampas, slopes, and wherever there’s room for them.
    — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
Definition of ravines
Noun
  • Descaling and Unclogging Uses Use cleaning vinegar to unclog stubborn drains by adding 1 cup of baking soda to your drain followed by 1 cup of cleaning vinegar, says Dills.
    — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Below, San Angelo gives us several methods for cleaning bathroom sink drains, her best tips on how to avoid a clogged bathroom sink, and what to avoid when cleaning your bathroom sink drain.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
Definition of drains
Noun
  • Both sides have consequently dug legal and PR trenches to snipe at the other and rally endorsements.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, frontline combat has seen the return of positional warfare centered on fortified networks of trenches.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of trenches
Noun
  • Like many inland dikes, the barrier in agricultural fields near the small town of Waddinxveen, east of The Hague, is made of peat that needs to be damp to be strong enough to hold back water.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • As the dikes spread, the region faced earthquakes and brought back into action long dormant faults, draining the magma beneath the ridge.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
Definition of dikes
Noun
  • Winds ripped gutters from cottages where staff members live during the school year and tore the face from a clock tower that has stood at the school since its founding more than a century ago.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Ensure your existing gutters are firmly secured, leak-free and properly sloped toward downspouts before mounting guards (a professional will do this as part of their initial assessment, too).
    — Nick Perry, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of gutters
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