1
: a transverse drain
2
: a conduit for a culvert
3
: a bridge over a culvert
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Horses are meant to be on all fours, not stuck on their rear ends in a cement culvert.
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Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2024
The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office in Port Washington on Lake Michigan's western shore reported a child's skeleton was found in a culvert on Oct. 4, 1959, in the city of Mequon, nearly 20 miles north of Milwaukee.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
By 1958, part of the stream in Elm Grove was developed over, and routed into a concrete culvert, which no longer absorbed the water as the wetland did.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
In May 2015, one pipeline ruptured and gushed oil into a culvert under Highway 101 and eventually discharged into the Pacific Ocean.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2024
The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office in Port Washington on Lake Michigan's western shore reported a child's skeleton was found in a culvert on Oct. 4, 1959, in the city of Mequon, nearly 20 miles north of Milwaukee.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
By 1958, part of the stream in Elm Grove was developed over, and routed into a concrete culvert, which no longer absorbed the water as the wetland did.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
In May 2015, one pipeline ruptured and gushed oil into a culvert under Highway 101 and eventually discharged into the Pacific Ocean.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Culvert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culvert. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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culvert
noun
cul·vert
ˈkəl-vərt 
: a drain or waterway crossing under a road or railroad
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