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DRAINAGE DITCH Synonyms

There are 10 synonyms of the phrase drainage ditch. (exact relations)
There are 9 hypernyms of the phrase drainage ditch. (close relations)
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channel
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a path over which electrical signals can pass

• a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through

• a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

• a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels

• (often plural) a means of communication or access

• a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

• a television station and its programs

• a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors

verb

• transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

• direct the flow of

• send from one person or place to another

conduit
nounn
noun

• a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass

culvert
nounn
noun

• a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway

ditch
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a long narrow excavation in the earth

• any small natural waterway

verb

• forsake

• throw away

• sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly

• make an emergency landing on water

• crash or crash-land

• cut a trench in, as for drainage

drain
verb, nounv, n
noun

• emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

• tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material

• a pipe through which liquid is carried away

• a gradual depletion of energy or resources

verb

• flow off gradually

• deplete of resources

• empty of liquid; drain the liquid from

• make weak

flume
nounn
noun

• a narrow gorge with a stream running through it

• watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs

gutter
nounn
noun

• a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

• misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

• a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)

• a tool for gutting fish

verb

• burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker

• flow in small streams

• wear or cut gutters into

• provide with gutters

trench
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

• any long ditch cut in the ground

verb

• impinge or infringe upon

• fortify by surrounding with trenches

• cut or carve deeply into

• set, plant, or bury in a trench

• cut a trench in, as for drainage

• dig a trench or trenches

watercourse
nounn
noun

• natural or artificial channel through which water flows

• a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

• a conduit through which water flows

waterway
nounn
noun

• a navigable body of water

• a conduit through which water flows

Best Hypernyms For DRAINAGE DITCH

Here is a list of related hypernyms for drainage ditch, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (9)
canal channel conduit culvert ditch flume gut trench watercourse

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