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.
Word Forms
- soakaways
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sink, drainageway, swale, counterdrain, sump, washway.
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