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catch basin
noun
- a receptacle, located where a street gutter opens into a sewer, designed to retain matter that would not readily pass through the sewer.
catch basin
noun
- a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)catch pit
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Word History and Origins
Origin of catch basin1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
A catch-basin should be provided just outside the factory for all solid material which might clog the sewer pipe.
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The sewer ended in the stable yard back of the horse barn, in a ten-foot catch-basin near the manure pit.
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In spite of the insects, the boys concentrated on the catch basin, alert for any sign of the ghost.
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The three men raised the cover of the catch-basin and Reese was lowered into it.
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Hence it was that the catch-basin in which the body had been hidden was missed.
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