[Tagging] Drain vs ditch

Sergio Manzi smz at smz.it
Sat Feb 2 00:28:10 UTC 2019


I know, that's why I asked for a good one...

On 2019-02-02 01:23, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
> Dictionary.com usually provides definitions in American English, so it wouldn’t be a good source.
>
> On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 8:35 AM Sergio Manzi <smz at smz.it <mailto:smz at smz.it>> wrote:
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>     Please point me to a dictionary defining "drain" as a "lined ditch" or in any way stating that a drain must be lined, because I tried and I failed.
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>     Best I found is in dictionary.com <http://dictionary.com>  that (/under /"/Physical Geography/") define it as
>
>      1. an artificial watercourse, as a ditch or trench.
>      2. a natural watercourse modified to increase its flow of water.
>
>
>     On 2019-02-01 23:46, Paul Allen wrote:
>>     On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 22:43, Sergio Manzi <smz at smz.it <mailto:smz at smz.it>> wrote:
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>>         So, how do you tag drains which are not lined?
>>
>>
>>     Ditch.   Because, physically, that's what it is.
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>>     -- 
>>     Paul
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