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UNDERDRAIN

Definition: UNDERDRAIN

UNDERDRAIN

Noun

1. An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.

Transitive verb

1. To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definitions: UNDERDRAIN

DomainDefinitions

Building & Civil Engineering

A conduit below the surface of the ground ; pipe of burnt clay, concrete, etc. , in short lengths, used as a conduit in subsurface drainage. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: UNDERDRAIN

English words defined with "UNDERDRAIN": Underditch. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: UNDERDRAIN

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

underdrain

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: UNDERDRAIN

Language Translations for "UNDERDRAIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

draenroer (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain), draen (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

draineringsbuis (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain), draineerbuis (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain), drainbuis (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain, tile drains), drainagebuis (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tiiliputki (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain, tile drains), salaojaputki (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain), salaoja (drain), kuivatusjohto (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain). (various references)

   

French

  

tuyau de drainage, drain souterrain, drain. (various references)

   

German

  

unterirdischer Entwässerungsstrang (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain), unterirdische Entwässerungsröhre (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain), Dränstrang (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain), Dränrohr (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain), Drän (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υπόγειος αγωγός αποστράγγισης (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

földalatti csatorna. (various references)

   

Italian

  

tubo di drenaggio (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain), dreno (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain, tile drains), condotto di drenaggio (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erdrainunday

   

Portuguese

  

conduta de drenagem (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tubo de drenaje (drainage-tube), tubo de avenamiento (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

täckdikning (buried drain, covered drain, drain, drain pipe, drain tile, field drain, field drain pipe, land pipe, lateral drain, subsoil pipe, subsurface drain), dräneringsrör (drain, drainpipe). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

cống ngầm, ống thoát ngầm. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: UNDERDRAIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-i-n-n-r-r-u"

-1 letter: undrained.

-2 letters: underran.

-3 letters: aneurin, dandier, daunder, drained, drainer, inurned, nardine, randier, ruddier, runnier, unaided, unaired, undried, uranide.

-4 letters: arider, dander, darned, darner, denari, dinned, dinner, duenna, dunned, dunner, durian, durned, durrie, endrin, errand, inaner, indued, inured, narine, raided, raider, rained, ridden, ridder, rinded, rudder, ruined, ruiner, runner, undead, undine, unread, uredia.

-5 letters: adder, adieu.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: UNDERDRAIN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 4E 44 45 52 44 52 41 49 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-    -.    -..    .    .-.    -..    .-.    .-    ..    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01001110 01000100 01000101 01010010 01000100 01010010 01000001 01001001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#78 &#68 &#69 &#82 &#68 &#82 &#65 &#73 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 004E 0044 0045 0052 0044 0052 0041 0049 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

55483839523852354348

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Non-English Dictionaries with "UNDERDRAIN"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsetanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk, tiếng Đan-mạch

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã"

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutossuomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk, tiếng Phần-lan

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, francés, fransk, franska

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiontysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, alemán, tysk, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgræker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, griego, grek, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, húngaro, ungrare, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare

Portuguese

tradução, dicionário, definiçãoportugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portugués, portugis, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Spanish

traducción, diccionario, definiciónSpaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk

Swedish

översättning, ordbok, lexikonZweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, sueco, svensk, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển

Vietnamese

sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự địnhvietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, vietnames, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationenglantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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