Ditch vs. Junk

Ditchnoun

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

Ditchnoun

alternative form of deech

Ditchverb

(transitive) To discard or abandon.

Ditchverb

(intransitive) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.

Ditchverb

(intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.

Ditchverb

(intransitive) To dig ditches.

Ditchverb

(transitive) To dig ditches around.

Ditchverb

(transitive) To throw into a ditch.

Ditchverb

alternative form of deech

Ditchnoun

A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.

Ditchnoun

Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.

Ditchverb

To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.

Ditchverb

To surround with a ditch.

Ditchverb

To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.

Ditchverb

To dig a ditch or ditches.

Ditchnoun

a long narrow excavation in the earth

Ditchnoun

any small natural waterway

Ditchverb

forsake;

Ditchverb

throw away;

Ditchverb

sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly;

Ditchverb

make an emergency landing on water

Ditchverb

crash or crash-land;

Ditchverb

cut a trench in, as for drainage;

Ditch

A ditch is a small to moderate divot created to channel water. A ditch can be used for drainage, to drain water from low-lying areas, alongside roadways or fields, or to channel water from a more distant source for plant irrigation.

Junknoun

Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash.

Junknoun

A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.

Junknoun

(slang) Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.

Junknoun

(slang) The clothed genitalia.

Junknoun

(nautical) Salt beef.

Junknoun

Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

Junknoun

(dated) A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece; a chunk.

Junknoun

(attributive) Material or resources of a kind lacking commercial value.

Junknoun

(nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.

Junkverb

(transitive) To throw away.

Junkverb

(transitive) To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junk shop)

Junknoun

A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

Junknoun

Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

Junknoun

Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers.

Junknoun

Something worthless, or only worth its value as recyclable scrap.

Junknoun

Hard salted beef supplied to ships.

Junknoun

A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.

Junknoun

the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

Junknoun

any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails

Junkverb

dispose of (something useless or old);