catchment
Syllables: catch·mentUK/ˈkatʃmənt/US/ˈkɛt͡ʃmənt/
catchment noun: any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
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Noun
catchment (plural 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?1864 June 9, “[Minutes of Evidence.] Samuel H. Gael, Esq., Called in; and Examined”, in Report from the Select Committee on Sewage (Metropolis); together with the Proceedings of the Committee...
- [paragraph 515] Now let us come to this point: you are quite clear that serious evil exists in this union of navigation and drainage? […] [paragraph 517] And you are also clear that one obstacle is the taxation of the catchment area, and that it needs some plan to be devised for meeting it...1889 May 19, “[Minutes of Evidence.] Mr. T. W. Russell”, in Report from the Select Committee on the Bann Drainage Bill; together with the Proceedings of the Committee, and Minutes of Evidence...
- 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[…].2003, Robin Haynes, “Geographical Access to Health Care”, in Martin Gulliford, Myfanwy Morgan, editors, Access to Health Care, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 17
- The publication of regular newsletters providing updates of floodplain management activities and distributed to individual residents in the catchment is an effective means of keeping the community informed.2003, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, “Choosing and Integrating Participation Tools and Techniques into Flood Mitigation and Management Processes”, in...
Verb
catchment (third-person singular simple present catchments, present participle catchmenting, simple past and past participle catchmented)
- To divide into catchment areas.
- the catchmenting of mental health services
catchment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
catchment in Hindi
- कैचमेंटिंग
catchment in Tamil
- நீர் பிடிப்பு, நீரேந்துகின்ற
catchment in Marathi
- कॅचमेंटिंग
catchment in Urdu
- آب گیرہ, طاس
More languagesFewer languages
- catchment in Bengali
- ক্যাচমেন্ট
- catchment in Telugu
- క్యాచ్మెంట్
- catchment in Malayalam
- ക്യാച്ച്മെന്റിംഗ്
- catchment in Kannada
- ಕ್ಯಾಚ್ಮೆಂಟ್
- catchment in Punjabi
- ਕੈਚਮੈਂਟ
- catchment in Gujarati
- કેચમેન્ટ, કેચ્મેન્ટ, કેચમન્ટ
- catchment in Nepali
- क्याचमेन्ट, क्याचमेन्टिङ
Examples of catchment in a sentence
- The catchment area is the slope of a great mountain range covered with fine forests, and there are many good reservoir sites.1890, “Section XXII. Irrigating Works should not be Constructed by the General Government”, in Report of the Special Committee of the...
- Every building seems to be positioned to maximize water catchment.2015 fall, Michael R. Walker, “Monumental Task”, in BYU Magazine, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, →OCLC, archived from the original...
- The two councils say the station would have a population catchment of 70,000 from local towns and villages.2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 61:
Forms of catchment
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | catchments |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | catchments |
| present participle | catchmenting |
| past participle | catchmented |
| past | catchmented |
Origin of catchment
From catch + -ment.
Words formed from catchment
Phrases with catchment
Words that rhyme with catchment
Questions about catchment
- What does catchment mean?
- Catchment means any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
- What is catchment in Hindi?
- Catchment in Hindi is कैचमेंटिंग. See Catchment meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use catchment in a sentence?
- The catchment area is the slope of a great mountain range covered with fine forests, and there are many good reservoir sites.
- What part of speech is catchment?
- Catchment can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce catchment?
- Catchment is pronounced /ˈkatʃmənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of catchment?
- The plural of catchment is catchments.
Words near catchment in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: catchment (page history and authors); catchment (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catchment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); catchment (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catchment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); catchment (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catchment (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catchment (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catchment (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catchment (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catchment (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catchment (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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