catch basin

noun

a receptacle, located where a street gutter opens into a sewer, designed to retain matter that would not readily pass through the sewer.

Origin of catch basin

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby catch basin

Catch-22, catchall, catch-as-catch-can, catch at, catch a Tartar, catch basin, catch cold, catch-colt, catch-cord, catch crop, catchcry

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Example sentences from the Web for catch basin

You laugh at my catch-basin, some of you; I did not know what they wished these catch-basins might be, and you don't know.
The Crime of the Century|Henry M. Hunt
A catch-basin should be provided just outside the factory for all solid material which might clog the sewer pipe.
The Book of Cheese|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
One-half mile south in a catch-basin was found the body of Dr. Cronin.
The Crime of the Century|Henry M. Hunt
Accordingly they decided to take the body from the trunk, put it in the catch-basin and take the trunk back to the cottage.
The Crime of the Century|Henry M. Hunt

The three men raised the cover of the catch-basin and Reese was lowered into it.
The Crime of the Century|Henry M. Hunt

British Dictionary definitions for catch basin

catch basin

noun

US and Canadian a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removedAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): catch pit

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	catch basin
释义	catch basin noun a receptacle, located where a street gutter opens into a sewer, designed to retain matter that would not readily pass through the sewer. Origin of catch basin First recorded in 1870–75 Words nearby catch basin Catch-22, catchall, catch-as-catch-can, catch at, catch a Tartar, catch basin, catch cold, catch-colt, catch-cord, catch crop, catchcry Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for catch basin You laugh at my catch-basin, some of you; I did not know what they wished these catch-basins might be, and you don't know. The Crime of the Century\|Henry M. Hunt A catch-basin should be provided just outside the factory for all solid material which might clog the sewer pipe. The Book of Cheese\|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk One-half mile south in a catch-basin was found the body of Dr. Cronin. The Crime of the Century\|Henry M. Hunt Accordingly they decided to take the body from the trunk, put it in the catch-basin and take the trunk back to the cottage. The Crime of the Century\|Henry M. Hunt The three men raised the cover of the catch-basin and Reese was lowered into it. The Crime of the Century\|Henry M. Hunt British Dictionary definitions for catch basin catch basin noun US and Canadian a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removedAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): catch pit Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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