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catchment
/ ˈkætʃmənt /
noun
- the act of catching or collecting water
- a structure in which water is collected
- the water so collected
- the intake of a school from one catchment area
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Word History and Origins
Origin of catchment1
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Example Sentences
These people simply squat down wherever they can find a natural catchment for water.
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The men nearest would arrange catchment areas of plates and flower bowls.
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He was off to see to another of his father's interests—that "catchment area" far away up in the mountains.
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The noblest and most-varied scenery in the north-west Himalaya is in the catchment area of the Jhelam.
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The Sutle; has a course of 900 miles, and a large catchment area in the hills.
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