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CATCH BASIN

Specialty Definition: CATCH BASIN

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

A pit constructed in a drainage system, e. g. at the head of a culvert, to intercept waterborne solids-e. g. stones, silt, vegetable debris-and so prevent blockage. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: CATCH BASIN

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: CATCH BASIN

Specialty definitions using "CATCH BASIN": SEWAGE-DISPOSAL WORKER, STEEL-WOOL-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CATCH BASIN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

catch basin

70

catch basin insert

5

concrete catch basin

4

grate catch basin

3

drainage catch basin

3

catch basin cover

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CATCH BASIN

Language Translations for "CATCH BASIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

stenfælde (catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit), sandfang (catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, riffler, sandtable, sump, sump pit). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

opvangbak (catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit), afvalbekken (catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit). (various references)

   

French

  

puisard (catchpit). (various references)

   

German

  

Schlammfang (catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit), Schlammeimer (catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit), Pumpensumpf (catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, pump hole, pump pit, pump sump, pump well, sump, sump pit, well), Abfallschacht (catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

λασποπαγίδα (catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מא'ר (hoard, reservoir, stockpile). (various references)

   

Italian

  

pozzetto (catchpit, cockpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, lifting hole, manhole, mud trap, slot, sump, sump pit, well). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atchcay asinbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

fossa de retenção para sólidos (catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

colector de fango (catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

grusficka (catchpit, drop shaft, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CATCH BASIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-h-i-n-s-t"

-1 letter: bacchants.

-2 letters: bacchant, habitans.

-3 letters: absinth, abstain, acanthi, canchas, habitan, satanic, shaitan.

-4 letters: abatis, actins, antics, ashcan, banish, cabins, cancha, canthi, cantic, casbah, casita, chains, chants, chinas, chints, habits, nachas, nastic, sancta, shanti, siccan, snatch, snitch, stanch.

-5 letters: abaci, abash, actin, aitch, antas, antic, antis, bacca, bahts, baith, baits, basic, basin, batch, baths, bints, bitch.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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