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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  culvert
       n : a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or
           railway

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "culvert":
     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
  
  

















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