ditch

¹ditch

noun \ˈdich\

Definition of DITCH

: a long narrow excavation dug in the earth (as for drainage)

Examples of DITCH

1. He drove the car into the ditch.
2. <after skidding on the ice, our car went right into the ditch>

Origin of DITCH

Middle English dich, from Old English dīc dike, ditch; akin to Middle High German tīch pond, dike

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to DITCH

Synonyms: dike, fosse (or foss), gutter, sheugh [chiefly Scottish], trench, trough

Related Words: acequia [Southwest], culvert, drain, draw, gully (also gulley), ravine; drill, furrow; ha-ha, moat, stank [British dialect], sunk fence; kennel

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Other Civil Engineering Terms

asphalt, ballast, barrage, cantilever, infrastructure, sluice

Rhymes with DITCH

bitch, fitch, flitch, glitch, hitch, itch, kitsch, niche, pitch, quitch, rich, snitch, stitch, such, switch, twitch, which, witch