RETENTION BASIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retention basin mean? 

• RETENTION BASIN (noun)
  The noun RETENTION BASIN has 1 sense:

1. a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream

  Familiarity information: RETENTION BASIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETENTION BASIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("retention basin" is a kind of...):

basin; catchment area; catchment basin; drainage area; drainage basin; river basin; watershed (the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet)