[Tagging] Drain vs ditch

[Mark Wagner]

My copy of the Oxford English Dictionary has about a page of
definitions for "ditch" and "drain", and not a hint that either of them
needs to be lined.

-- 
Mark

On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 01:28:10 +0100
Sergio Manzi <smz at smz.it> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >     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.
> >
> >     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:
> >>
> >>         So, how do you tag drains which are not lined?
> >>
> >>
> >>     Ditch.   Because, physically, that's what it is.
> >>
> >>     -- 
> >>     Paul
> >>
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