How to pronounce “dry well”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (civil engineering, construction) An underground structure (for example, a pit filled with gravel) that disposes of unwanted water (most commonly surface runoff and stormwater and in some cases greywater) by holding it and dissipating it into the groundwater.
• Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dry,‎ well. Any kind of well that is dry.

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