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| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
| 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. | |
Crosswords: CATCH BASIN |
| Specialty definitions using "CATCH BASIN": SEWAGE-DISPOSAL WORKER, STEEL-WOOL-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references) |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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. | |
| 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. | ||
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. | |
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