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catch basin

catch basin is the alternative form of catch-basin.

Meaning of catch-basin

Noun

catch-basin (plural catch-basins)

  1. A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matter that would not pass readily through the sewer.
    • There has been expended, during the year, in the three districts, for repairs of sewers and catch basins, for altering man holes and catch basin covers to suit changes of grade of the streets[…]1862, Chicago City, Annual Report of the Board of Public Works to the Common Council

Forms of catch basin

pluralcatch basins

Questions about catch basin

What is catch basin the alternative form of?
Catch basin is the alternative form of catch-basin.

Words near catch basin in the dictionary

  1. catch air
  2. catch and kill
  3. catch and kiss
  4. catch and release
  5. catch as catch can
  6. catch basin
  7. catch basins
  8. catch bet
  9. catch bets
  10. catch big air
  11. catch breath

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