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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
drain
/dɹeɪn/
noun1 of 2
a pipe that removes water, or other liquids
- “The oil drain plug should be pretty easy to find.”Tatoeba
- “There was a drain in the middle of the room.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To lose liquid.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)