how to pronounce culvert

/ˈkʌlvɚt/

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culvert is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of culvert in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… a culvert in that but i do want to start …”

meanings of culvert

noun:

A transverse channel under a road or railway for the draining of water.

verb:

To channel (a stream of water) through a culvert.

culvert frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word culvert occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics culvert can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that culvert can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;