The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SWALE which also is the latest solution we found used in CrossSynergy in 2014.
Ditch for runoff crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SWALE | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ditch for runoff
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- basin
- rainwater
- run off
- sump
- arroyo
- caponier
- desert
- dig
- dike
- ditching
- drainage
- drainage ditch
Crossword Answer definitions
SWALE noun- A low tract of moist or marshy land.
- A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
- A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
- A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.
- A shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil.
- A gutter in a candle.
- To burn slowly.
- To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without feeding the flame.
- To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing.
- To consume with fire; burn.
- To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce.
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