- catchment catch·ment n
- ['kætʃmənt]
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catchment catch·ment n
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Catchment — Catch ment, n. A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
catchment area — catch‧ment a‧re‧a [ˈkætʆmənt ˌeəriə ǁ ˌeriə] noun [countable] MARKETING the area from which a store gets its customers, a school gets its students etc: • The retailer provided a map of the store’s catchment area. * * * catchment area UK US noun… … Financial and business terms
catchment area — catch·ment area kach mənt n the geographical area served by an institution * * * the geographic area from which a hospital can expect to receive patients and on which in Britain the designated population of the hospital is based. There is no… … Medical dictionary
catchment area — catch|ment ar|e|a [ˈkætʃmənt ˌeəriə US ˌeriə] n 1.) BrE the catchment area of a school, hospital etc is the area that its students, patients etc come from 2.) technical the area that a river or lake gets water from … Dictionary of contemporary English
catchment area — catch|ment ar|e|a [ kætʃmənt ,eriə ] noun count 1. ) the area of land around a river or lake that it gets its water from 2. ) BRITISH the area for which a school or hospital provides a service … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
catchment — catch·ment … English syllables
catchment — catch•ment [[t]ˈkætʃ mənt[/t]] n. 1) civ something for catching water, as a reservoir or basin 2) civ the water so caught 3) the act of catching water … From formal English to slang
catchment area — catch′ment ar ea n. 1) geo drainage basin 2) soc an area served by a hospital, social service agency, etc … From formal English to slang
catchment — /kach meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of catching water. 2. something for catching water, as a reservoir or basin. 3. the water that is caught in such a catchment. [1840 50; CATCH + MENT] * * * … Universalium
catchment — (n.) 1847, from CATCH (Cf. catch) (v.) + MENT (Cf. ment) … Etymology dictionary
