'Culvert' definitions:
Definition of 'culvert'
(from WordNet)
noun
A transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
Definition of 'Culvert'
From: GCIDE
- Culvert \Cul"vert\ (k?l"v?rt), n. [Prob. from OF. coulouere, F. couloir, channel, gutter, gallery, fr. couler to flow. See Cullis.] A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'culvert'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aqueduct,
- arroyo,
- bed,
- canal,
- creek bed,
- donga,
- dry bed,
- flume,
- gulch,
- gully,
- gullyhole,
- headrace,
- irrigation ditch,
- nullah,
- race,
- river bed,
- riverway,
- runnel,
- sluice,
- spillbox,
- spillway,
- stream bed,
- streamway,
- swash,
- swash channel,
- tailrace,
- wadi,
- water carrier,
- water channel,
- water furrow,
- water gap,
- water gate,
- watercourse,
- waterway,
- waterworks