Definition for Drainage:

• The act or means of draining; that which is drained off; a system of drains.

Synonyms for Drainage:

• n.

  •
  • back up,
  • cesspit,
  • downspout,
  • blockage,
  • cutoff,
  • carry,
  • airlock,
  • clog,
  • conduit,
  • culvert.
  •drain (noun)
  • drain.
  •emanation (noun)
  • ex-halation,
  • be ginning,
  • emergings,
  • out pours,
  • ex halation,
  • springings,
  • ex-halations,
  • wellings,
  • out-pours,
  • out-pour,
  • ex halations,
  • issuings,
  • be-ginning,
  • out pour.
  •exit (noun)
  • exit,
  • outcome,
  • outgo,
  • departure,
  • spout,
  • exodus,
  • vent,
  • egress,
  • exhaust,
  • issue,
  • outlet.
  •expulsion (noun)
  • emission,
  • excretion,
  • eruption,
  • secretion,
  • ejection,
  • disgorgement,
  • rejection,
  • exhaustion,
  • expulsion.
  •outflow (noun)
  • dis charges,
  • out flow,
  • streamings,
  • dis charge,
  • dis-charge,
  • out flows,
  • dis-charges,
  • gushing outpourings.
  •page (noun)
  • trash,
  • sewerage,
  • drain water,
  • bilge,
  • waste water,
  • waste.
  •runoff (noun)
  • over flows,
  • over-flow,
  • over-flows,
  • over flow,
  • surplus waters.

• Other synonyms:

  •bloodletting
  • phlebotomy.
  •emanation
  • effluvium.
  •overflow
  • outpouring.

Paraphrases for Drainage:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    healthier, hydrographical, catchment.
  • Proper noun, singular
    disbursements.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Fora, degassing, catchment, gas-freeing, outfall, seepage.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    drain, bilge.
  • Proper noun, singular
    sewers, drain, drains.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    drain, drains, sewer, bilge, stormwater, runoff, irrigation, rain, pipeline, water.
  • Verb, base form
    drain.

Drainage Sentence Examples:

• The drainage has been rendered better, and the fearful odours that met you at every turn have disappeared.

• Daniel Granger had been away nearly a week; and as yet there was no announcement of his return; only brief business - like letters, telling Clarissa that the drainage question was a complicated one, and he should remain upon the spot till he and Forley could see their way out of the difficulty.

Homophones for Drainage:

• deterrence, deer mouse, dude ranch, dreaming, dromaius, draining, durango, dryness, dormouse, dermic, drumming, dermis, DRMS, daring, drink, daydreaming, darning, droning, dearness, determining, doddering, drench, derange, dormancy, dreaminess, dairying, drawing, durance, dithering, diadromous, drunk, dreariness, drimys.