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RIVERBANK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does riverbank mean? 

RIVERBANK (noun)
  The noun RIVERBANK has 1 sense:

1. the bank of a riverplay

  Familiarity information: RIVERBANK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RIVERBANK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The bank of a river

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

riverbank; riverside

Hypernyms ("riverbank" is a kind of...):

bank (sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water))


 Context examples 


"The best plan will be to walk along the riverbank until we come to the road again," remarked the Lion.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

So the Woodman took his axe and began to chop down small trees to make a raft, and while he was busy at this the Scarecrow found on the riverbank a tree full of fine fruit.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)



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