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Meaning of Ditch | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard

dɪt͡ʃ

Definitions

The city of Calcutta.
derogatory, obsolete, slang
A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.
Ireland

Equivalents

العربية أخدود الخندق حفرة خندق ساقية قناة قَنَال

Azərbaycanca xəndək

Беларуская роў

Български ров

བོད་སྐད ས་ཤུར

Bosanski gat graba grof jendek kanal opkop rasa rende rov šanac struga гат јендек опкоп ров шанац

Català abandonar descartar fer campana fer fugina fer safrà rasa séquia

Čeština příkop rejna strouha

Cymraeg ffos

Dansk grav rende

Deutsch entledigen Graben notwassern Schanze Schwänzen verlassen wegwerfen

Ελληνικά αποστράγγιση αποστράγγισμα αυλάκι γράνα τάφρος χαντάκι

Esperanto fluejo forlasi

Español abandonar acequia cuneta dejar foso surco trinchera zanja

فارسی گودال

Suomi hylätä kanava lintsata luiska oja

Français abandonner ditch faire l'école buissonnière fosse laisser tomber larguer rigole se débarrasser de sécher tranchée

Gaeilge díog

Gàidhlig clais dìg

Galego gabia rego suco

ગુજરાતી ખાડો

עברית חפיר תעלה

हिन्दी ख़ंदक़ खाई गड्ढा नाली

Hrvatski gat graba grof jendek kanal opkop rasa rende rov šanac struga гат јендек опкоп ров шанац

Magyar árok sáncárok

Հայերեն խրամ փոս

Bahasa Indonesia bandar parit siring

Íslenska díki gróf gröftur síki skurður

Italiano affossamento ammarare canale canale di scarico canalone dismettere fossato fosso mettere via riporre trincea

日本語下水側溝堀壕溝濠瀆

ქართული გუბი თხრილი

ខ្មែរ ប្រឡាយ

한국어 瀆穴 골 도랑

Kurdî dike dikî grav kanal rende şikî vala

Latina canālis dēserō elix fossa scrobis

Lëtzebuergesch Gruef

ລາວ ຄູ

Latviešu grāvis

Македонски ендек ров

မြန်မာဘာသာ မြောင်း

Nederlands greppel sloot zich ontdoen van

Polski przekop rów rowczak

Português cabular aula fosso matar aula trincheira vala

Română sânt

Русский бросать бросить канава кювет окапывать ров траншея

Slovenčina jarok kanál opustiť priekopa

Slovenščina grapa jarek

Shqip hendek

Српски gat graba grof jendek kanal opkop rasa rende rov šanac struga гат јендек опкоп ров шанац

Svenska dike lämna överge skolka skrota

Kiswahili handaki

తెలుగు అగడ్త

ไทย คู่ คู

Türkçe cetvel hendek

Українська канава рів

Tiếng Việt hào muỗng rạch rảnh 淢

Examples

“Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.”

“The truck careered off the road into a ditch.”

“Ditches continued to be employed as the sole defensive measure at many sites even after wall building began to emerge. For example, an immense ditch varying between 15 and 20 meters in width and marked by depths of 2.5 to 3.8 meters has recently been discovered in Hubei near Sui-chou.”

“You flung a ditch on my vision Of beauty, love and truth. O stony grey soil of Monaghan You burgled my bank of youth!”

“The original ditches were created by digging trenches, as boundaries and/or irrigation. But to the English, the ditch is the trench. Whereas in Ireland, the ditch is the raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top. (As for the trench, where I come from that’s a sheugh).”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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