DETENTION BASIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("detention 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)

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