Ditch

/dɪt͡ʃ/

Synonyms for "ditch" (308 found)

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Closest matches (62)

Verb(5 words)

abandon abri abysm abyss adit alightapproach trenchaqueductarch damarroyo backstopbamboo curtainbank bar barrage barrierbear-trap dambeaver dambeg boom

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box canyonbreach break breakwater breastworkbrick wallbuffer bulkhead bulwark bunker bury cache canal canalization canalize canyon carve cashier castcast asidecast awaycast offcavity chamfer channel chap chasm check chimney chink chisel chuck circumvent

Noun(4 words)

abandon ashcan channel chucking

Strong matches (92)

cleave cleft cleuch clough cofferdam colcome downcome incommunication trenchconceal conduit corrugate coulee couloir countermine coupure course cover crack cranny

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crash-land creek crevasse crevice crimp cutcut apartcwm dado damdeep sixdeep-six defense defile dell descend dike discarddispose ofdonga doubledouble sapdownwind draw duct dugout dump earthwork egresseighty sixeighty-six eliminate elude embankment engrave ensconce entrance entrenchment escape evade excavation exit fault fencefire trenchfissure flaw flume fluteflying sapfortified tunnelfosse foxhole fracture furrow gallery gap

Noun(10 words)

discarddiscard termdrain drop dump dyke entrenching flakes flaking forsake

Verb(5 words)

discarddiscard place value materialsdiscard unused itemsditched flaked

Related words (154)

gape gash gateget aroundget awayget away fromget out ofget quit ofget rid ofget shut ofgive awaygoffer gorge gougegravity damgroin groove gulch gulf gully

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gutterha haha-ha hide holehydraulic-fill damincise incision ingressiron curtainjam jettison jetty jilt joint junk kennel kloof landlay asideleakleaping weirleveelevel offlight logjam milldam mine moat mole mound notch nullah occult open opening overshoot pancake parallel parapetpart withpass passage passageway pleat plow portcullis rabbet rampart ravine reject remove rent rid rifle rift rime rive roadblockrock-fill damrupture rut sap scissure score scrap scratch screen seam seawall secretesettle downshakeshake offshootshuffle out ofshutter damskirt slitslit trenchslot slough split stashstone wallstreak striatesunk fencetalk downthrowthrow awaythrow outthrow overthrow overboardtiptoss overboardtouch downtrench trough troughing troughway tunnel upwind valley void wadi wall way weirwicket damwork wrinkle

Noun(13 words)

gulley gulliesirrigation ditchmoats opencut runnel scraps swale trench trenches trenchingwater channelwatercourse

Verb(8 words)

jettison jettisons junked lose shed skedaddles trench trenched

Adjective(1 words)

sloped trough

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5 relation types

More general

20 entries

abandon abandonment crashcrash landdesert desolate dig earthwork excavate excavation forsakeget rid ofhollow landformremoval actionremove

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More specific

8 entries

abandoned carabandoned habitabandoned planabandoned projectcable trenchdrainage ditchfield ditchpipe trench

Collocations

12 entries

ditch a habitditch a projectditch bankditch classditch lineditch maintenanceditch policyditch the assignmentditch the planditch weeddrainage ditchroadside ditch

Inflections

3 entries

ditched ditches ditching

Derivations

3 entries

ditchage ditcher ditching

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I am afraid to jump over the ditch.

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Jeff and Mia are making a last ditch effort to avoid a divorce.

Source: tatoeba (53690)

The stout man leaped over the shallow ditch and stumbled.

Source: tatoeba (275008)

If we don't make a last ditch stand at winning that contract, we may very well go under.

Source: tatoeba (279498)

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