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

catcall, catch, catch a tartar, catch as catch can, catch at, catch basin, catch cold, catch crop, catch dog, catch fire, catch in the act

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 removed Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): catch pit

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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catch basin

noun

Origin of catch basin

Words nearby catch basin

Example sentences from the Web for catch basin

British Dictionary definitions for catch basin

noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

catch basin

noun

Origin of catch basin

Words nearby catch basin

Example sentences from the Web for catch basin

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