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noun (the area at the side of a sink grooved and sloping to allow water from dishes to drain away.) égouttoir -
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drain [dreɪn]1. noun[liquid] s'écouler4. compounds[liquid] s'écouler ; [strength] s'épuiser[+ liquid] faire couler (pour vider un récipient)* * *[dreɪn] 1.1) lit ( in street) canalisation f; ( in building) canalisation f d'évacuation; ( pipe) descente f d'eau; ( ditch) fossé m d'écoulement2) fig (of people, skills, money) hémorragie f2.transitive verb1) lit drainer [land, lake]; purger [radiator, boiler]2) fig épuiser [resources]3) vider [glass]; boire [quelque chose] jusqu'à la dernière goutte [drink]4) [river] collecter les eaux de [area, basin]3.1) [liquid] s'écouler (out of, from de); [bath, sink] se viderto drain into — s'écouler dans [sea, gutter]; s'infiltrer dans [soil]
the blood ou colour drained from her face — le sang reflua de son visage
2) [dishes, food] s'égoutter•Phrasal Verbs:••to go down the drain — (colloq) fig tomber à l'eau (colloq)
that's £100 down the drain — (colloq) ça fait 100 livres sterling de fichues en l'air (colloq)
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[drein] 1. verb1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) drainer2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) s'écouler3) (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.) égoutter4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) vider5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) épuiser2. noun1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) canal/tuyau d'écoulement2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) saignée, hémorragie•- drainage- draining-board - drainpipe - down the drain
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draining board — UK [ˈdreɪnɪŋ ˌbɔː(r)d] / US [ˈdreɪnɪŋ ˌbɔrd] or drainer UK [ˈdreɪnə(r)] / US [ˈdreɪnər] noun [countable] Word forms draining board : singular draining board plural draining boards Word forms drainer : singular drainer plural drainers British the… … English dictionary
draining board — draining boards N COUNT: usu the N in sing The draining board is the place on a sink unit where things such as cups, plates, and cutlery are put to drain after they have been washed. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, usually use drainboard) … English dictionary
draining board — also drain board AmE n a slightly sloping area next to a kitchen ↑sink where you put wet dishes to dry … Dictionary of contemporary English
draining board — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a sloping grooved surface on which crockery is left to drain into an adjacent sink … English terms dictionary
draining board — noun a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink • Syn: ↑drainboard • Hypernyms: ↑board … Useful english dictionary
draining board — noun A board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink, used for letting kitchen utensils dry after they had been washed. Syn: drainboard … Wiktionary
draining board — (N. Amer. drainboard) noun a sloping grooved board or surface on which crockery is left to drain into an adjacent sink … English new terms dictionary
draining-board — /ˈdreɪnɪŋ bɔd/ (say drayning bawd) noun a gently sloping board, etc., usually having runnels, beside a sink on which crockery is placed after washing to dry …
draining board — noun (C) a slightly sloping area next to the kitchen sink 2 where you put wet dishes to dry … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
draining board — [ˈdreɪnɪŋ ˌbɔːd] noun [C] British the place next to the SINK in a kitchen where you leave wet dishes to dry … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
draining-board — n. a sloping usu. grooved surface beside a sink, on which washed dishes etc. are left to drain … Useful english dictionary