Usually means: Area collecting water for drainage.
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  1. catchment: Merriam-Webster
  2. catchment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. catchment: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. catchment: Collins English Dictionary
  5. catchment: Vocabulary.com
  6. Catchment, catchment: Wordnik
  7. catchment: Wiktionary
  8. catchment: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. catchment: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. catchment: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Catchment, catchment: Dictionary.com
  12. Catchment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Catchment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. catchment: Rhymezone
  15. Catchment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. catchment: FreeDictionary.org
  17. catchment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. catchment: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. catchment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition

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  1. catchment: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. catchment: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (catchment)

noun:  (often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
noun:  A catchment area, or the people it serves.
verb:  To divide into catchment areas.

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