"storm drain" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: storm drains [plural]
Etymology: An allusion to their usefulness in catching stormwater and therefore preventing floods. Head templates: {{en-noun}} storm drain (plural storm drains)
  1. (US) An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without passing through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods. Wikipedia link: storm drain Tags: US Categories (topical): Water Translations (conduit for rainwater): embornal [masculine] (Catalan), sadevesiviemäri (Finnish), hulevesiviemäri (Finnish), hulevesikaivo (Finnish), sumidoiro [masculine] (Galician), tréstiga [feminine] (Galician), ludreira [feminine] (Galician), υπόνομος (ypónomos) [masculine] (Greek), burzowiec [masculine] (Polish), bueiro [masculine] (Portuguese), cloaca [feminine] (Spanish), desagüe [masculine] (Spanish), agualluvias (sistema) (Spanish), dagvattenbrunn [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "conduit for rainwater",
      "word": "agualluvias (sistema)"
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      "code": "sv",
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