Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drainage system

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: drainage sys-tem
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

pattern formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin

Inflected Forms

drainage systems (plural)

Synonyms

river system storm drain stormwater drain drain system drainage well storm sewer

Questions

What does drainage system mean?: pattern formed by the streams, rivers, and lakes in a particular drainage basin

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