CATCHMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does catchment mean? 

• CATCHMENT (noun)
  The noun CATCHMENT has 1 sense:

1. a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

  Familiarity information: CATCHMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATCHMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("catchment" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Derivation:

catch (take in and retain)

 Context examples 

Catchment Area refers to the geographic area, and thus the population of individuals who qualify for consideration or inclusion in a study.

(Catchment Area, NCI Thesaurus)

The Local Protocol, Standard Cancer Center Information Summary for Cancer Center Support Grant Application, is a study conducted by the reporting Cancer Center primarily in its catchment area (including institutional trials, either exclusive to the Center or in collaboration with other Centers, industry-sponsored trials, and other externally peer-reviewed trials).

(Local Protocol Standard Cancer Center Information Summary, NCI Thesaurus)

These acequias, dug out of the ground, are used by mountain stock farmers and acequieros (the individuals with expert skills in water catchment and allocation) to channel the meltwater so that it seeps down through the high part of the valleys.

(Researchers demonstrate that Sierra Nevada is home to the oldest underground water recharge system in Europe, University of Granada)