All 11 Uses of
culvert
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- In a ditch, where a culvert went under the road, an old touring car was pulled off the highway and a little tent was pitched beside it, and smoke came out of a stove pipe through the tent.†
Chpt 13culvert = an enclosed channel that carries runoff water beneath something
- I seen a culvert, little ways back.†
Chpt 26
- They's a nice culvert.†
Chpt 26
- You look for that culvert on the way back, Ma.†
Chpt 26
- I wanta be sure an' see that culvert he said about.†
Chpt 26
- In the gray starlight she could see the embankment and the black round hole of the culvert where she always left Tom's food.
Chpt 28 *culvert = a pipe that carries runoff water beneath something
- Through the tangle she could see the black hole of the culvert.†
Chpt 28culvert = an enclosed channel that carries runoff water beneath something
- Ma saw a dark figure creep into the open and draw near to the culvert.†
Chpt 28
- I was always scared somebody'd see you put stuff in that culvert, an' then they'd watch.†
Chpt 28
- She went straight out to the culvert and climbed up on the road.†
Chpt 28
- And the rain fell steadily, and the water flowed over the highways, for the culverts could not carry the water.†
Chpt 29culverts = enclosed channels that carry runoff water beneath areas above the water
Definition:
a large pipe or other enclosed channel that carries runoff water beneath a road, railroad, or sidewalk