All watershed synonyms

noun watershed

• turning point — a point at which a decisive change takes place; critical point; crisis.
• defining moment — a point at which the essential nature or character of a person, group, etc., is revealed or identified.
• breaking point — If something or someone has reached breaking point, they have so many problems or difficulties that they can no longer cope with them, and may soon collapse or be unable to continue.
• crisis — A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems.
• crunch — If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
• milestone — a stone functioning as a milepost.
• event — A thing that happens, esp. one of importance.
• milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
• stage — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
• bowl — A bowl is a round container with a wide uncovered top. Some kinds of bowl are used, for example, for serving or eating food from, or in cooking, while other larger kinds are used for washing or cleaning.
• lagoon — an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes. Compare laguna.
• pan — an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.
• pool — Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a pool table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are usually numbered, in which the object is to drive all the balls into the pockets with the cue ball.
• pot — a deep hole; pit.
• tub — a bathtub.
• valley — an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
• bay — A bay is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards.
• concavity — the state or quality of being concave
• depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
• dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
• ewer — A large jug with a wide mouth, formerly used for carrying water for someone to wash in.
• gulf — a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.
• hole — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
• hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
• sag — to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
• sink — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
• sinkhole — a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
• vessel — a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
• washbasin — a large bowl or basin used for washing one's hands and face, small articles of clothing, etc.
• washbowl — a large bowl or basin used for washing one's hands and face, small articles of clothing, etc.
• sinkage — the act, process, amount, or degree of sinking.
• catchment area — The catchment area of a school, hospital, or other service is the area that it serves.