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1 drain
[drein] 1. verb1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) þurrka upp, ræsa fram2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) renna af/í burtu3) (to pour off the water etc from or allow the water etc to run off from: Would you drain the vegetables?; He drained the petrol tank; The blood drained from her face.) láta renna af4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) þurrausa, tæma5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) þurrausa; gera örmagna2. noun1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) ræsi, framræsluskurður2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) e-ð sem hægt og hægt gengur á fjármagn eða krafta•- drainage- draining-board
- drainpipe
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2 aquarium
[ə'kweəriəm]plurals - aquariums, aquaria; noun(a glass tank, or a building containing tanks, for keeping fish and other water animals.) fiskabúr; lagardÿrasafn/sædÿrasafn -
3 carafe
[kə'ræf](a glass bottle for serving water, wine etc.) karafla -
4 glassful
noun (the amount that a drinking-glass will hold: Pour in two glassfuls of water.) glasfylli -
5 siphon
1. noun1) (a bent pipe or tube through which liquid can be drawn off from one container to another at a lower level: He used a siphon to get some petrol out of the car's tank.) vökvasuga, sogari2) ((also soda-siphon) a glass bottle with such a tube, used for soda water.) sogari (fyrir sódavatnsflösku)2. verb((with off, into etc) to draw (off) through a siphon: They siphoned the petrol into a can.) soga með sogara -
6 tube
[tju:b]1) (a long, low cylinder-shaped object through which liquid can pass; a pipe: The water flowed through a rubber tube; a glass tube.) pípa, rör, slanga2) (an organ of this kind in animals or plants.) pípa, rás, leiðari, göng3) (an underground railway (especially in London): I go to work on the tube / by tube; ( also adjective) a tube train/station.) neðanjarðarlest4) (a container for a semi-liquid substance which is got out by squeezing: I must buy a tube of toothpaste.) túpa•- tubing- tubular
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