Drainage is the system or process by which water or other liquids are drained from a place.
Line the pots with pebbles to ensure good drainage.
The drainage system has collapsed because of too much rain.
Synonyms: sewerage, waste, sewage More Synonyms of drainage
drainage in British English
(ˈdreɪnɪdʒ)
noun
1.
the process or a method of draining
2.
a system of watercourses or drains
3.
liquid, sewage, etc, that is drained away
drainage in American English
(ˈdreɪnɪdʒ)
noun
1.
the act, process, or method of draining
2.
a system of drains; arrangement of pipes, etc. for carrying off waste matter
3.
that which is drained off
4.
a region or area drained, as by a river
Examples of 'drainage' in a sentence
drainage
Raise pots on bricks or pot feet to guarantee good drainage and to stop them freezing to the ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
All the plant asks is good drainage, a bright windowsill and a cool room in winter.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They perform best in exceptionally mild gardens with good drainage.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Then they go in with lymphatic drainage massage.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There is no electricity or drainage system on site.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This is most easily done by putting a cork in the drainage hole.
The Sun (2014)
They tended their fields and repaired the drainage ditches which had been destroyed by avalanches.
Lutzner, Dr Helmut Successful Fasting -the easy way to cleanse your body of its poisons (1990)
To improve the drainage the outfield was given a sandy base.
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They need good drainage and good doses of sun.
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The agency wants more to be spent improving urban drainage and sewerage systems.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Then ease them out by pushing a pencil point up through the drainage hole in the base.
The Sun (2011)
There are freshly cut drainage ditches to the left and right.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The airport reopened only after grooves were scored in the runway surface to improve drainage.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Stand the pots on pot feet to encourage good drainage.
The Sun (2006)
People did not understand their drainage systems.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Mixing the organic matter into heavy soil improves drainage and subsequent plant growth.
The Sun (2012)
Put bricks in the bottom to ensure continuing good drainage.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
For modern farming a substantial improvement of the drainage system is considered essential.
Cloke, Paul J (ed) Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations (1989)
Line the inside with plastic to reduce drying but remember to make holes for drainage.
The Sun (2014)
This is to ensure good drainage.
Thompkins, Peter, Bird, Christopher Secrets of the Soil (1990)
It's something to do with improving lymphatic drainage.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There are tough massages aimed at improving circulation and lymphatic drainage, and long lectures on the importance of chewing your food properly.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If the patio is next to the house, lay it at a slight gradient away from the house to ensure good drainage.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
drainage
British English: drainage NOUN
Drainage is the system or process by which water or other liquids are drained from a place.
Line the pots with pebbles to ensure good drainage.
American English: drainage
Brazilian Portuguese: drenagem
Chinese: 排水
European Spanish: desagüe
French: écoulement
German: Entwässerung
Italian: drenaggio
Japanese: 排水
Korean: 배수 장치
European Portuguese: drenagem
Latin American Spanish: desagüe
All related terms of 'drainage'
drainage tube
a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
drainage basin
the region or area drained by a river system
drainage ditch
a ditch that excess water drains into
drainage holes
the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
drainage channel
a channel along which drained water flows away
postural drainage
a therapy for clearing congested lungs by placing the patient in a position for drainage by gravity , often accompanied by percussion with hollowed hands
area drainage pattern
The area drainage pattern is the way in which streams and rivers allow water to flow from an area.
catchment area
The catchment area of a school, hospital, or other service is the area that it serves .
catchment basin
the area of land bounded by watersheds draining into a river, basin , or reservoir
Chinese translation of 'drainage'
drainage
(ˈdreɪnɪdʒ)
n(u)
排水 (páishuǐ)
cpd
[ditch, system]排水系统(統) (páishuì xìtǒng)
(noun)
The drainage system has collapsed.
Synonyms
sewerage
waste
sewage
pollution from the discharge of treated sewage
Additional synonyms
in the sense of sewage
Definition
waste matter or excrement carried away in sewers or drains