batture
- noun
- /ˈbætʃər/
- Specialized
:
banco de arena
- The children played on the batture as it emerged from the river, creating a sandy beach perfect for games.
Examples
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Perhaps if she could not be crowned Queen of England, Molly Andree would run away to Chloe's house in the batture at the bend in the river behind the church, the dried-mud wilderness between the first levee and the disaster.
Fiction book (1998) -
The lower Mississippi River flows near a beautiful batture, which is rich with diverse wildlife during the dry season.
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During the summer, the batture became a popular spot for local fishermen hoping to catch trout and catfish.
Synonyms
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3.0
A raised slope of earth beside water or a road
82
7.0
A raised area of sand under water near the shore that can block boats
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2.8
A long narrow area of sand in a river or sea near the shore
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3.2
A raised area of sand in a river or by the sea that appears at low tide
A long narrow strip of sand in water that shows above the water
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Batture comes from the French word battre, 'to beat', the same root as the English word beat, because waves or river water 'beat' the bank and leave a strip of sand or mud. So a batture is the strip of land along a river that appears or is left when the water moves away.