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catch basin
catch basinn.1. A receptacle at the entrance to a sewer designed to keep out large or obstructive matter.2. A reservoir for collecting surface drainage or runoff.catch basin n (Civil Engineering) US and Canadian 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 Catch basin
catch basin[′kach ‚bā·sən] (civil engineering) A basin at the point where a street gutter empties into a sewer, built to catch matter that would not easily pass through the sewer. A well or reservoir into which surface water may drain off. Catch basinA masonry or concrete-walled pit that collects surface stormwater and directs it into a storm sewer.catch basinA reservoir, esp. for catching and retaining surface drainage over a large area, in which sediment may settle.MedicalSeecatchment areaAcronymsSeeCB |