Usually means: Underground structure for stormwater management.
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  1. dry well: Merriam-Webster
  2. dry well: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dry well: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dry well: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. dry well: Dictionary.com
  6. Dry well: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. dry well: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. dry well: Wiktionary

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  1. dry well: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (dry well)

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.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dry, well. Any kind of well that is dry.

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