drainage

drainage is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.
2. noun. The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.
3. noun. The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.
4. noun. Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc.
5. noun. The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.
6. noun. emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

   Synonyms: drain

Synonyms

drain

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Common word forms

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