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valeta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gutter noun A channel along the edge of a road or roof that carries away rainwater.
  • swale noun A low tract of moist or marshy land.

Senses

valeta is used for these senses in English:

  • Valletta The capital city of Malta.
  • gutter A ditch along the side of a road.
  • 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 low tract of moist or marshy land.
  2. noun A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
  3. noun A shallow troughlike depression created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
  4. noun Bioswale, 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.

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