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well point
[ wel-point ]
noun
, Engineering, Building Trades.
- a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area so that it can be pumped away, as to prevent an excavation from filling with groundwater.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of well point1
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Example Sentences
Well point up that way, and maybe we can land him before the others scare him away.
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One could as well point to the East at large to show where Japan lies!
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On this point, I once learned a valuable lesson, which may well point my present moral.
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When water is reached, a well point is put on through which water may percolate without carrying too much soil.
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