CATCH DRAIN

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CATCH DRAIN

Specialty Definition: CATCH DRAIN

Domain	Definition
Food & Agriculture	A drain, surface or subsurface, located along the base of a hill, parallel to a leaking canal, or around a leaking reservoir to intercept groundwater flow at an advantageous point and to prevent movement of water into the drainage-problem area. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms within Context: CATCH DRAIN

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Receptacle	Bail, beaker, billy, canakin; catch basin, catch drain; chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner, spider, terrine, toby, urceus.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Translation: CATCH DRAIN

Language		Translations for "CATCH DRAIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		interceptiedrain (curtain drain, cutoff, intercepting drain). (various references)

Finnish		pidätysoja kuivatusalueen ylärinteellä (curtain drain, cutoff, intercepting drain), kuivatusoja (curtain drain, cutoff, drain, intercepting drain). (various references)

French		drain d'interception. (various references)

German		Fangdraen (curtain drain, cutoff, intercepting drain), Abfangstrang (curtain drain, cutoff, intercepting drain). (various references)

Greek		στραγγιστικός αγωγός ανασχέσεως ροής (curtain drain, cutoff, intercepting drain). (various references)

Pig Latin		atchcay aindray

Portuguese		dreno de interceptação (curtain drain, cutoff, intercepting drain). (various references)

Spanish		dren de interceptación (curtain drain, cutoff, intercepting drain). (various references)

Swedish		avskärande dränering (curtain drain, cutoff, intercepting drain). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: CATCH DRAIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-h-i-n-r-t"
	-2 letters: anarchic, arachnid, characid, characin, handcart.
	-3 letters: acanthi, antacid, anticar, archaic, cardiac, cithara, handcar, radiant.
	-4 letters: acarid, acinar, anarch, antiar, arctic, arnica, canard, cancha, canthi, cantic, cardia, carina, chadar, chadri, cicada, cranch, crania, cratch, datcha, dharna, inarch, radian, rancid.
	-5 letters: acari, acrid, actin, airth, aitch, antic, antra, arhat, atria, cacti, caird, cairn, canid, carat, catch.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-d-h-i-n-r-t"
	+5 letters: achondroplastic, trichomonacidal.
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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography

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