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Definition of 'downspout'

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downspout

(daʊnspaʊt )
Word forms: plural downspouts
countable noun
A downspout is a pipe attached to the side of a building, through which water flows from the roof into a drain.
[US]
He installed rain gutters and downspouts.
regional note:   in BRIT, use drainpipe
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downspout in British

(ˈdaʊnˌspaʊt )
noun
US and Canadian
a pipe for carrying rainwater from a roof gutter to the ground or to a drain
. Also called: drainpipe or ()in in Britain and certain other countries downpipe
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downspout in American

(ˈdaʊnˌspaʊt ; dounˈspoutˌ)
US
noun
a vertical pipe for carrying rainwater from a roof gutter to ground level
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Example sentences containing 'downspout'

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And had she told him to take his threatened lawsuit and stuff it up his downspout ? MacLeod, Charlotte SOMETHING IN THE WATER (2001)
The thumping noise was still there as water dripped into the downspout. Karin Slaughter BLINDSIGHTED (2001)

Trends of 'downspout'

Used Rarely. downspout is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of downspout from the Collins English Dictionary

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