canaleta — meaning in English

English meaning

• gutter noun A channel along the edge of a road or roof that carries away rainwater.
• swale noun A stretch of low-lying ground that is wet or boggy.

Senses

canaleta is used for these senses in English:

• gutter A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough.
• gutter (bowling) A groove down the sides of a bowling lane.
• swale A shallow troughlike depression created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.

gutter — full definition

1. noun A channel along the edge of a road or roof that carries away rainwater.
2. noun A morally low or degrading state or environment.
3. verb (of a candle flame) To flicker unsteadily as it burns down, as if about to go out.

swale — full definition

1. noun A stretch of low-lying ground that is wet or boggy.
2. noun A thin, shallow dip running along a beach between ridges, parallel to the shoreline.
3. noun A shallow ditch built to carry away rainwater or melted snow.
4. noun A shallow, level trench cut into the ground to let rainwater soak into the soil rather than run off.

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