U-bend

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noun

a U-shaped bend in a pipe or drain that traps water in the lower part of the U and prevents the escape of noxious fumes or vapours; trap

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Words nearby U-bend

U.B., UB40, Ubangi, Ubangi-Shari, Ube, U-bend, uber, Uberaba, Uberlândia, Übermensch, uberrima fides

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How to use U-bend in a sentence

And now, similarly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "Bend over and take it like a prisoner!"
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Clickbait title notwithstanding, Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Director Yoo Dong-hun and screenwriter Lee Jung-u were arrested for firebombing theaters.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Today, the train chugs north out of Kanchanaburi over the famous bridge before it hits a spectacular bend in the river.
Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“They would bend my head back, put a towel over my face and pour water over the towel,” Harrison was quoted as saying.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built|Michael Daly|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
U was an Usurer, a miserable elf; V was a Vintner, who drank all himself.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
But there was no shadow ahead of him this night; there was no somber thing to bend down the high serenity of his happy heart.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Malcolm reined up, and soon a British officer appeared round a bend in the road.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Perry Thomas parted from us at the gate, and we stood watching his retreating figure till we lost it at the bend.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
We heard Aaron Kallaberger's stentorian tones as we clattered around the bend.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd

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