catch basin

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noun

a receptacle, located where a street gutter opens into a sewer, designed to retain matter that would not readily pass through the sewer.

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Origin of catch basin

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby catch basin

Catch-22, catchall, catch-as-catch-can, catch at, catch a Tartar, catch basin, catch cold, catch-colt, catch-cord, catch crop, catchcry

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How to use catch basin in a sentence

Jason Farley and his colleagues were wading through floodwater while trying to rescue people trapped in their homes when he stepped into a catch basin and was pulled into a drainage pipe.
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When you’re done, put the scrubber back on the angled lid and any leftover water will run into the catch basin below—never into the soap.
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They all immediately dashed out to their car to catch the bad guys.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“The government just wanted to catch the big fish [in the Juarez cartel] and they ignored everything in between,” Lozoya said.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro|Bill Conroy|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

From a lyrical standpoint, there are precious few that can catch Kendrick.
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With Rick, I think the culture just lags behind great artists much of the time, and it takes time for it to catch up.
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Phone lines would catch fire from the velocity and ferocity of his words.
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The last three years I've been in the Judith Basin, and southern outfits haven't begun to come in there yet.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
While you were admiring the long roll of the wave, a sudden spray would be dashed over you, and make you catch your breath!
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
If I could catch Laura's eye—but I suppose it would hardly be decent to go just yet.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
Then Squinty would toss the apple up in the air, off his nose, and catch it as it came down.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
But what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock

British Dictionary definitions for catch basin

catch basin

noun

US and Canadian a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removedAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): catch pit

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catch basin

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