drainpipe

A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained.; A vertical pipe carrying water from the roof gutter down the side of a building; downspout.countableuncountable

• He unlatched the window and stuck his head out — there was a drainpipe a couple of feet to the left but his room was on the second floor and it was too dark to tell whether the garden below was grass, soil, or paving.
• We said earlier that we normally use a curved or bent piece of pipe at the top of the drainpipe where it is connected to the gutter, and a fitting at the bottom end of the drainpipe that directs the water into a channel or a drain or gully.

A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained.; A conduit for carrying rainwater or flood water.countableuncountable

• She's in a drainpipe--right there," I said, pointing toward the hole in the side of the ditch.
• Her body was found stuffed in a big, ole drainpipe down near the river.

A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained.; A pipe that carries wastewater from a bathtub, shower, sink, etc.countableuncountable

• First you should know that the size of the drain hole in the bottom of the sink is reflective of the drainpipe's diameter that has been standardized by the plumbing industry.
• A crude analogy is to liken this to water draining noisily from a bathtub. As the liquid falls down into the drainpipe, some of its swirling kinetic energy is converted into sound waves, water bashing against molecules of air.

A pipe that carries fluid which is being drained.; A pipe that is part of a device or appliance for carrying away waste fluid.countableuncountable

• Attach the rubber tubing to the drainpipe of the ice chamber and place the end in a pail.
• Start the securely anchored centrifuge and slowly increase to the proper speed (2000 – 2500 rpm). Solvent will be rapidly expelled from the drainpipe.

The type of pipe that is used to construct a drainpipe.uncountable

• Hold a length of drainpipe vertically and stuff a loose wad of metal gauze up into the lower end.
• . Buy enough unperforated, rigid plastic drainpipe for the job at a building supply center; also buy a 90-degree drainpipe elbow, drainpipe couplings, and any adapter available to join the drainpipe and downspout.

A type of form-fitting trousers with highly tapered legs.countableuncountable

• At the flick of a switch I would change mode and tart up in my new Toby, a horrendous copy of a Savile Row suit, waisted, with a twelve-inch vent at the back, drainpipe trousers and a rose in my buttonhole.
• He was skinny, and wearing drainpipe jeans and a gothic Tshirt with the word 'VOMIT' in silver sparkly letters on black.