wide ditch

Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words

Used to describe a ditch that is broad from side to side.

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Examples (10)

  • The farmer dug a wide ditch to irrigate his crops.
  • A wide ditch separates the property from the main road.
  • They had to build a temporary bridge to get the machinery across the wide ditch.
  • The ancient fort was surrounded by a deep and wide ditch for protection.
  • Be careful when you're playing near that wide ditch; it's full of water after the rain.
  • The car skidded off the road and ended up in a wide ditch.
  • Engineers are planning to construct a wide ditch as part of the new flood defense system.
  • We followed the path alongside a wide ditch that ran for miles through the countryside.
  • If the ditch weren't so wide, the fox could have easily jumped across.
  • A wide ditch, overgrown with weeds, marked the old boundary of the village.