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downpipe

noun

Etymology

From down + pipe.

  1. inherited from pīpian
  2. inherited from pipen
  3. derived from pipa
  4. derived from pipe
  5. derived from pipire
  6. derived from *pīpa✻
  7. inherited from *pīpā✻
  8. inherited from pīpe
  9. inherited from pipe
  10. compounded as downpipe — “down + pipe”

Definitions

  1. The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.

    • NR plans to install new aluminium downpipes to carry the considerable rainwater for which the area is known.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for downpipe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA