counterdrain

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noun

A drain at the foot of the embankment of a canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may soak through.

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Meanings

nouncounterdrain (plural counterdrains)

plural counterdrains

  1. A drain at the foot of the embankment of a canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may soak through.
  2. medicineAn inserted device or other means by which excess fluid is drained off from a part of the body in which it accumulates.
verbcounterdrain (third-person singular simple present counterdrains, present participle counterdraining, simple past and past participle counterdrained)

present singular third person counterdrains · participle present counterdraining · participle past counterdrained · past counterdrained

  1. medicineTo drain off excess fluid from a part of the body in which it accumulates.

Origin

From counter- + drain.

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APA

counterdrain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdrain

MLA

“counterdrain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdrain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterdrain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdrain.

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