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FRENCH DRAIN

Specialty Definition: FRENCH DRAIN

Domain	Definition
Hydrologic	An underground passageway for water through the interstices among stones placed loosely in a trench. (references)
Mining	A covered ditch containing a layer of fitted or loose stone or otherpervious material. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: FRENCH DRAIN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
french drain	916
installing french drain	48
french drain system	23
constructing french drain	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: FRENCH DRAIN

Language		Translations for "FRENCH DRAIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		pierrée, drain en pierres sèches. (various references)

German		Entwässerung in Trockenmauerwerk (dry stone drain). (various references)

Italian		vespaio (wasps' nest), drenaggio di pietrame a secco (dry stone drain). (various references)

Pig Latin		enchfray aindray

Portuguese		dreno de pedra seca (dry stone drain). (various references)

Spanish		dren de piedra en seco (dry stone drain). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: FRENCH DRAIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-f-h-i-n-n-r-r"
	-2 letters: archfiend, hindrance.
	-3 letters: crannied, financed, inarched, infrared.
	-4 letters: acrider, archine, cairned, cannier, carried, chained, chaired, charier, charred, chinned, chirred, drainer, echidna, enchain, endarch, faciend, fancied, fancier, finance, handier, hardier, harried, narcein, nardine, ranched, rancher, randier, refrain.
	-5 letters: achier, arched, archer, arider, cahier, canine, canned, canner, cannie, carder, caried, carnie, cedarn, chadri, chafed, chafer, chaine.
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INDEX

1. Expressions: Internet
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography

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