catchment

[ kach-muhnt ]

/ ˈkætʃ mənt /

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noun

the act of catching water.

something for catching water, as a reservoir or basin.

the water that is caught in such a catchment.

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Origin of catchment

First recorded in 1840–50; catch + -ment

Words nearby catchment

catching, catching pen, catch in the act, catch it, catchline, catchment, catchment area, Catchment board, catch napping, catch off guard, catch on

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How to use catchment in a sentence

During the growing season in spring and summer, there is almost no rain, so he draws from a water catchment pond, where he stores it from the wet through dry season.
The Ecology of Good Weed - Issue 104: Harmony|Madison Margolin|August 25, 2021|Nautilus
These people simply squat down wherever they can find a natural catchment for water.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900)|A. G. Hales
The men nearest would arrange catchment areas of plates and flower bowls.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells
He was off to see to another of his father's interests—that "catchment area" far away up in the mountains.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions

The noblest and most-varied scenery in the north-west Himalaya is in the catchment area of the Jhelam.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir|Sir James McCrone Douie
The Sutle; has a course of 900 miles, and a large catchment area in the hills.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir|Sir James McCrone Douie

British Dictionary definitions for catchment

catchment

/ (ˈkætʃmənt) /

noun

the act of catching or collecting water

a structure in which water is collected

the water so collected

British the intake of a school from one catchment area

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