ditch
A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
Other meanings
A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.
A kind of
- excavation
Kinds of ditch
- drainage ditch
- irrigation ditch
- sunk fence
- trench
Word history
From Old English "dīċ" (trench, moat).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ditch” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.