ditch
noun/dɪtʃ/
/dɪtʃ/
- a long channel dug at the side of a field or road, to hold or take away water
- The car left the road and ended up in a ditch.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1- I tripped and fell into a muddy ditch.
- The ditch ran parallel to the road.
- The drainage system consisted of a few open ditches to facilitate run-off.
- The lettuce beds are surrounded by a deep ditch.
- Farm drainage ditches ensure that water runs directly into streams.
- The car went out of control and plunged into a ditch.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- wide
- shallow
- …
- dig
- run
- surround something
- in a ditch
- into a ditch
Word OriginOld English dīc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dijk ‘ditch, dyke’ and German Teich ‘pond, pool’, also to dyke, in its geographical sense.Definitions on the go
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