drainage ditch

collocation in English

meaningsofdrainageandditch

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drainage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdreɪ.nɪdʒ/us
/ˈdreɪ.nɪdʒ/
the system of water or waste liquids flowing away from somewhere into the ground or ...
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ditch
noun[C]
uk
/dɪtʃ/us
/dɪtʃ/
a long, narrow open hole that is dug into the ground, usually at the side of a road or field, used especially for supplying or removing water or for ...
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(Definition ofdrainageandditchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The other case is more local and concerns a prohibiteddrainageditch.
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An estate has been developed on one side of the road and on the other side of the road is a largedrainageditch, the ownership of which is uncertain.
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It is now used primarily as an oversizeddrainageditchwith little interest by the locals besides flood control.
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Wetlands border the creek and adrainageditchand a wetland was located on what is now the central portion of the property.
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The engines were cut out following landing, and the aircraft ended up in adrainageditch.
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A broaddrainageditchwas dug inland off the area facing the river while smaller inlets were filled in.
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More critically, sewage flooded a nearby park and contaminated an open surface-waterdrainageditchand flowed 500 meters to a tidal canal.
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It is practically only adrainageditchfor the half-submerged, lake-flooded district it traverses.
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In the 1980s the streambed was largely returned to a near-natural condition after it had previously largely degenerated into a concretedrainageditch.
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The dugout has a capacity of three men and has a wooden floor and adrainageditch.
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From the center of the sauna, there is adrainageditchto take away excess and dirty water.
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The airplane continued off the left side of the runway, and the nose of the airplane struck adrainageditch.
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As part of these measures, a newdrainageditchreinforced with quarrystones was built along the road, and the road itself was also fortified.
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The sides of thedrainageditchcollapsed because of poor engineering design and bad weather.
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It features a largedrainageditch, many large trees, some playground equipment, and a wrought-iron entrance sign.
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The undercarriage struck adrainageditchand collapsed.
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A small aqueduct carried it over adrainageditch, and into the lock.
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It is simply thedrainageditchof districts which are extensively overflowed in the rainy season.
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A wide median (with a fairly largedrainageditch) and grade-separated interchanges at major routes exist in this portion.
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Hart supervised construction of roads and the implementation of adrainageditchsystem, allowing agricultural and commercial use of the marshy land.
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