catchment
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catchment
- /ˈkatʃmənt/ UK
- /ˈkɛt͡ʃmənt/ US
Rhymes with -ætʃmənt
Where it comes from
From catch + -ment.
noun catchments
- Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water. Do you think that there ought to be some board or some authority for each catchment basin, which must be appointed with adequate powers to prevent the pollution of streams?
- A catchment area, or the people it serves. The Hospital Plan first set out the objective: a network of large district general hospitals, each providing specialised medical and surgical facilities for a catchment of 200,000 to 300,000 population[…].
verb catchments · catchmenting · catchmented
- To divide into catchment areas. the catchmenting of mental health services
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: watershed, river, pond, drainage, pool, lagoon, intake, tank, hydrological, hydrographic, basin, harvesting, rim, shooting, slope, imaging
Translations
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noun any structure or land feature which catches and holds water
| Deutsch | Einzugsgebiet, Niederschlagsgebiet, Wassereinzugsgebiet |
|---|---|
| Italiano | bacino, invaso |
| Ελληνικά | λεκάνη lekáni |
| Română | domeniu de precipitații |
| Русский | водосбо́р vodosbór, водосбо́рный бассе́йн vodosbórnyj basséjn |
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