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.

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waste pipe British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of waste pipe

First recorded in 1505–15

Example Sentences

It is closing while contractors replace two waste pipes and remove asbestos.

From BBC

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

They include waste pipe organs and a puppet rock band machine, and he is currently working on a motorised robot.

From BBC

“He went down there to cut a pipe that he believed to be a drain waste pipe,” Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said.

From Washington Post

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