SEDIMENT (CATCHMENT) DAM

Meaning of SEDIMENT (CATCHMENT) DAM in English

A structure used specifically to trap sediment in water and prevent its transport further downstream.

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SEDIMENT — I. noun Etymology: Latin ~um settling, from sedēre to sit, sink down Date: 1547 the matter that settles to the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CATCHMENT — noun Date: 1847 something that catches water, the action of catching water
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DAM — I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such uses as human consumption, irrigation, flood …
Английский словарь Британика
SEDIMENT — I. ˈsedəmənt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, from Latin sedimentum settling, subsidence, from sedēre to sit, sink down …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DAM — I. ˈdam, ˈdaa(ə)m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, lady, dam, variant of dame — more at dame : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CATCHMENT — ˈkachmənt, -ech- noun ( -s ) 1. : the act or action of catching water water conservation and catchment — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEDIMENT — (n.) The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
Английский словарь Webster
DAM — (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a …
Английский словарь Webster
CATCHMENT — (n.) A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.
Английский словарь Webster
CATCHMENT — ( n. ) A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SEDIMENT — — sedimentous , adj. n. /sed"euh meuhnt/ ; v. /sed"euh ment'/ , n. 1. the matter that settles to the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DAM — dam 1 /dam/ , n. , v. , dammed, damming . n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATCHMENT — /kach"meuhnt/ , n. 1. the act of catching water. 2. something for catching water, as a reservoir or basin. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATCHMENT — n. water reservoir; river basin
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SEDIMENT — I. ˈse-də-mənt noun Etymology: Latin sedimentum settling, from sedēre to sit, sink down Date: 1547 1. : the matter that …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DAM — I. ˈdam noun Etymology: Middle English dam, dame lady, dam — more at dame Date: 13th century : the female …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CATCHMENT — noun Date: 1847 1. : something that catches water ; also : the amount of water caught 2. : the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEDIMENT — noun the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed. 2. sediment ·noun the matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom …
Webster English vocab
DAM — noun a kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts. 2. dam ·noun a firebrick wall, or a stone, …
Webster English vocab
CATCHMENT — noun a surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.
Webster English vocab
SEDIMENT — ■ noun 1》 matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid. 2》 Geology particulate matter carried by water or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SEDIMENT — [sed.i.ment] n [MF, fr. L sedimentum settling, fr. sedere to sit, sink down] (1547) 1: the matter that settles to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CATCHMENT — [catch.ment] n (1847) 1: something that catches water; also: the amount of water caught 2: the action of catching water
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DAM — barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to confine and check the flow of water for such uses as …
Britannica English vocabulary
SEDIMENT — sediment BrE AmE ˈsed ɪ mənt -ə- ▷ sediment|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CATCHMENT — catchment BrE AmE ˈkætʃ mənt !!ˈketʃ- ▶ ˈ catchment ˌ area BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SEDIMENT — / ˈsedɪmənt; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. the solid material that settles at the bottom of a liquid …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAM — / dæm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a barrier that is built across a river in order …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CATCHMENT — ➡ catchment area
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEDIMENT — sed ‧ i ‧ ment /ˈsedəmənt, ˈsedɪmənt/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DAM — I. dam 1 /dæm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Middle Dutch ] 1 . a special …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CATCHMENT — n. the collection of rainfall. øcatchment area 1 the area from which rainfall flows into a river etc. 2 the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEDIMENT — n. 1 matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs. 2 Geol. matter that is carried by water …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CATCHMENT — n. the collection of rainfall. catchment area 1 the area from which rainfall flows into a river etc. 2 the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CATCHMENT — n. the collection of rainfall. Phrases and idioms: catchment area 1. the area from which rainfall flows into a river …
Oxford English vocab
SEDIMENT — ( sediments) Sediment is solid material that settles at the bottom of a liquid, especially earth and pieces of rock …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAM — ( dams, damming, dammed) 1. A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CATCHMENT — ( catchments) In geography, catchment is the process of collecting water, in particular the process of water flowing from the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEDIMENT — (~s) Sediment is solid material that settles at the bottom of a liquid, especially earth and pieces of rock that …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CATCHMENT — (~s) In geography, ~ is the process of collecting water, in particular the process of water flowing from the ground …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SEDIMENT — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ sediment in the wine EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A filled-in marsh is a sluice …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE big ▪ A previous California resources secretary proposed building bigger dams on California's …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEDIMENT — [noun] [U] - a soft substance that is like a wet powder and consists of very small pieces of a …
Cambridge English vocab
DAM — [verb] [T] -mm-To dam a river is to build a dam across it in order to store the water.They're going …
Cambridge English vocab
CATCHMENT — area [noun] [C] - the area served by a school or hospital
Cambridge English vocab
DAM — n. Aswan High Dam Hoover Dam Boulder Dam Three Gorges Dam Project
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAM — n. Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such uses as human consumption, irrigation, flood …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAM
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEDIMENT — n. Function: noun matter which settles to the bottom of a liquid FF1C; rocks hidden by sediment spoiled the cove …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SEDIMENT — noun matter which settles to the bottom of a liquid rocks hidden by sediment spoiled the cove for diving Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DAM — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hydroelectric VERB + DAM ▪ build , construct ▪ breach ▪ The ~ has been breached …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SEDIMENT — Soil, sand, and minerals washed from land into water, usually after rain. Sediment can destroy fish-nesting areas, clog animal habitats, …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
DAM — A structure of earth, rock, or concrete designed to form a basin and hold water back to make a pond, …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
CATCHMENT — (1) The catching or collecting of water, especially rainfall. (2) A reservoir or other basin for catching water. (3) The …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
SEDIMENT — n. lees, dregs, deposit, grounds, precipitate, remains, residue, settlings, residuum, detritus Periodically, the sediment must be cleaned out of the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SEDIMENT — сущ. 1) осадок, отстой (тж. перен.) 2) геол. осадочная порода, отложение осадок, отстой - * trap (техническое) отстойник (геология) отложение; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DAM
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CATCHMENT — сущ. дренаж, дренирование дренаж catchment дренаж
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CATCHMENT — Речной бассейн
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CATCHMENT — Дренаж
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CATCHMENT — Водохранилище
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SEDIMENT — sediment.ogg 1. ʹsedımənt n 1. осадок, отстой sediment trap - тех. отстойник 2. геол. отложение; осадочная порода 2. ʹsedımənt v …
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