ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Soakaway

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Soakaway is a noun meaning (chiefly UK) A deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes.

Meaning

(chiefly UK) A deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes.

Example Sentences

These trenches, you know, are much deeper than one's height; you don't see anything. It's like walking along a mud-walled passage. Every now and then some one stumbles into a soakaway for rainwater.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sink, drainageway, swale, counterdrain, sump, washway.

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