riverbank
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈrɪvərˌbæŋk/
:
orilla del río
- I'm standing on a riverbank.
- walk along the riverbank
And so when many of the old poems are about going to the water, going to the riverbank to see your lover.
- And so when many of the old poems are about going to the water, going to the riverbank to see your lover.
- So we went around that acre, all of us, and we gathered up all the Deadwood we could find and got a fire going right on the riverbank.
- Oh, you know he's from, you know, by the riverbanks.
- And, and at the same time, though, she can see what's going on in the riverbank.
- We're not ready to get into the trenches and, and really dredge the the riverbanks.
- And then I remember scrabbling up this through a river and up a riverbank and the guy in front of me having his antenna shot off.
Examples
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According to Horne-Brine, some enterprising operators search the region's riverbanks and seashores salvaging driftwood logs.
Academic text (1995) -
They were pulled from the water by a black farmer who had spotted and followed them, running along the riverbank in the pre-dawn light.
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The riverbank is public land.
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Stay close to the riverbank.
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He was found on the riverbank just south of the city.
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There were three tall pines in a row on the riverbank, the middle one bigger.
Fiction book (1990) -
Immediately the king hastened to the riverbank, eager to claim his riches.
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Willows, cottonwood, and tamarack grew along the riverbank, and creatures were hiding behind the fresh growth.
Fiction book (1994) -
Among tree roots, beneath fallen branches, and under the riverbank lurk catfish, carp, and small crabs.
Academic text (1991) -
We saw a family of ducks swimming near the riverbank yesterday.
Synonyms
160
3.0
A raised slope of earth beside water or a road
55
2.3
Land beside a river
2
3.2
Land along the edge of a river or lake
Land at the side of a river
Next to a river, describing buildings or areas
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word riverbank is a simple combination of river and bank. The word river means the flowing water, and bank comes from an old word for a 'shelf' or 'ridge' of land, so a riverbank is the land 'shelf' beside a river.