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waste pipe

American  

noun

  1. a pipe for draining liquid waste or excess liquids.

  2. Plumbing. a pipe for draining away the wastes of a building other than those from water closets.

waste pipe British  

noun

  1. a pipe to take excess or used water away, as from a sink to a drain

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of waste pipe

First recorded in 1505–15

Example Sentences

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Locals spotted the emission - which they said smelled like "rotting fish" - coming from a waste pipe at the Lochyside flood defences into the River Lochy on Sunday.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024

The worker went to the unit below that apartment and cut what he believed to be a drain waste pipe to remove the clog and put a cap on the pipe.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2022

The debris was stuck in the sediment trap of the sink’s waste pipe.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2016

Why don't they just name comedy clubs after comedians?Why does the outside of the base of most toilet tanks show the path of the waste pipe?

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2011

No vent pipe from the house side of any trap shall connect with the ventilation pipe or with sewer, soil or waste pipe.

From Elements of Plumbing by Dibble, Samuel Edward

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