acequia

noun

Definition of acequianext
Southwest
as in culvert

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Recent Examples of acequia With them, the melt is diverted to multiple acequias winding through the hills. — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 19 July 2023 Hundreds of small fish swim in the acequia, the irrigation canal. — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 28 Dec. 2022 Human artifacts dating more than 10,000 years have been found at Brackenridge, and an acequia was built there in the 1720s to irrigate crops at the Mission San Antonio de Valero. — Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Nov. 2021 In a good year, his acequia can water homes from spring through mid-October. — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2021 See All Example Sentences for acequia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acequia
  1. culvert
  2. ravine
  3. gully
  4. ditch
  5. drain
  6. trench
Noun
  • Assessing a culvert takes time.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
  • The funding will also help pay for the replacement of a large drainage culvert near Sierra College Boulevard on English Colony Way at Clover Valley Creek, along with the construction of a new bridge and roadway improvements on Garden Bar Road at Doty Ravine.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Definition of culvert
Noun
  • Drive had attacked something in that brushy ravine — or something had attacked him.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
  • The three-bedroom house is situated on a private lot overlooking a ravine and surrounded by rows of lush hedges.
    — India Roby, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026
Definition of ravine
Noun
  • Sarah’s partner Elijah, Karissa and I continued up into the mountains, scrambling over loose rocks to get closer to a gully carved into the side of a mountain towering behind the pools.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
  • The dark form of the bear was rounding the ridges and gullies, appearing and disappearing among the brush in the direction of the head of the canyon.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
Definition of gully
Noun
  • In August 1950 the area that came to be known as the Gaza Strip was cut off from the rest of Palestine by a ditch carved into the soil by a single-blade plough pulled by a tractor.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • Some propose walls and ditches to keep people from migrating.
    — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
Definition of ditch
Noun
  • That promise didn’t last long and the hulking Genesis Center became a steady drain on city resources, not a revenue generator.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • As a precaution, the city has ordered 76 buildings to clean, drain and disinfect their cooling towers while the investigation continues.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Definition of drain
Noun
  • French authorities wanted to honor the ‘’blood spilled″ during WWI by Muslim soldiers who died in trenches of Verdun and beyond to defend France, Hafiz said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • The four-floor flagship is currently under restoration, with the building wrapped in hoarding featuring Burberry’s signature trench.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
Definition of trench

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