retention basin | Amarkosh

Meaning of word retention basin from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : A storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream.

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Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.

get stuck (verb)
Be unable to move further.

rusticity (noun)
The quality of being rustic or gauche.

submaxilla (noun)
The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.

nepalese (noun)
A native or inhabitant of Nepal.

sunk fence (noun)
A ditch with one side being a retaining wall. Used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.

angler fish (noun)
Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.

agonizing (adjective)
Extremely painful.

inversely (adverb)
In an inverse or contrary manner.

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An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.