You’ve heard people describe something momentous as “a watershed moment in history.” What is a watershed, exactly? Besides an Indigo Girls’ song, that is. This is part of a complete episode.
watershed n.— «Jargon watch: when people talk about “the watershed,” they mean the difference between 8 pm and earlier, when kids might be watching, and 9 pm, when if kids are still up, it’s their parents’ fault. Our...
greenprint n.— «In 1998 we published Charting a Course for the Delaware Bay Watershed (available from NJCF). It serves as a “greenprint” for conservation work in the Bayshore.» —“The State We’re In: NJ Saves 1,000 Acres...
foodshed
n.— «Watersheds, Milksheds, and Foodsheds.» —by W.P. Hedden How Great Cities Are Fed , 1929. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
viewshed n. the landscape or topography visible from a geographic point, especially that having aesthetic value. Etymological Note: This term is directly related to watershed ‘an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different...