Usually means: Stagnant, dull water in ditch.
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  1. ditchwater: Merriam-Webster
  2. ditchwater: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ditchwater: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ditchwater: Wiktionary
  5. ditchwater: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. ditchwater: Dictionary.com
  7. ditchwater: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. ditchwater: Wordnik
  9. ditchwater: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ noun:  The stagnant water that collects in a ditch.

Similar:
ditchside, ditchlet, bar ditch, ditchweed, ditchdigging, dich, The Ditch, ditch, ditcher, ditchdigger, more...

Opposite:
fresh, clear, pure, clean, pristine

Phrases:
dull as ditchwater, as dull as ditchwater, more...

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Similar:
ditchside, ditchlet, bar ditch, ditchweed, ditchdigging, dich, The Ditch, ditch, ditcher, ditchdigger, more...

Opposite:
fresh, clear, pure, clean, pristine

Phrases:
dull as ditchwater, as dull as ditchwater, more...



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