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Catchpit

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catch pitnounAlternative form of catchpit. [A chamber in a drainage system designed to catch sediment and debris.]
cesspitnounA cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.
catchbasinnounAlternative form of catch-basin. [A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matter that would not pass readily through the sewer.]
cess-pitnounAlternative spelling of cesspit. [A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water.]
ashpitnounA pit for the disposal of ashes.
borrow pitnoun(construction, civil engineering) A pit that is dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.
sump pitnoun(chiefly US) A hole dug in the ground, beneath the basement of a house, in which rainwater or other moisture collect.
sumpnounA hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
ash pitnounAlternative form of ashpit. [A pit for the disposal of ashes.]
cesspipenounA pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool.
chalkpitnounA quarry where chalk is found.
sandpitnounA children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand.
weeping tilenounA porous drainage pipe connected to a sump pit.
coalpitnounA pit where coal is extracted.
catchdrainnounA ditch or drain along the side of a hill or canal, to catch the surface water as it runs off.
gutternounA prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
debris basinnounA facility to catch debris flows, to trap vegetative and sedimentary debris, such as gravel, boulders, branches, trunks; but allow water to drain; to prevent destruction from debris inundation and surge front downstream.
pushpitnounThe railing at the stern of a boat.
well drainnounA drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or pit, serving to discharge the water of wetland.
claypitnounAlternative form of clay pit. [A quarry for clay.]

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