Definition of Drainages

1. Noun. (plural of drainage) ¹

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Definition of Drainages

1. drainage [n] - See also: drainage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drainages

drain-trap stomach
drain basket
drain plug
drain the cup
drain the lizard
drain the main vein
drainable
drainage
drainage area
drainage basin
drainage basins
drainage ditch
drainage pipe
drainage system
drainage tube
drainages (current term)
drainboard
drainboards
draincock
draincocks
draine
drained
drainer
drainers
draining
draining board
draining boards
drainings
drainlike
drainmaker

Literary usage of Drainages

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of the Pleistocene Or Glacial Period: As Recorded in the Deposits by Frank Collins Baker (1920)
"ANCIENT drainages a. THE BASINS OF THE GREAT LAKES AND THE BURIED RIVER VALLEYS For many years the belief was held by the majority of geologists that the ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"132, Pt. 9, Western Gulf of Mexico and Rio Grande drainages. 133, " 10, Colorado River and the Great Basin drainages. 134, " 11, The Great Basin and Pacific ..."

3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"Susquehanna, Patapsco, Potomac, James, Roanoke, C'upe Ke-ir, and Yudkin river drainages. Washington, DC, Dent. Int. CS Geol. Kurv., Water Suppl. Irrig. ..."

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