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bankside

bankside noun: the land by a riverbank.

Noun

bankside (plural banksides)

  1. The land by a riverbank.
    • The banksides, above normal water level, were dressed with a layer of moss peat and seeded with a mixture of grasses.1997, J. M. Caffrey, Philip R.F. Barrett, Kevin J. Murphy, Philip Max Wade, Management and ecology of freshwater plants

Forms of bankside

pluralbanksides

Origin of bankside

From bank + side.

Phrases with bankside

Questions about bankside

What does bankside mean?
Bankside means the land by a riverbank.
What part of speech is bankside?
Bankside is a noun.
What is the plural of bankside?
The plural of bankside is banksides.

Words near bankside in the dictionary

  1. banksia
  2. Banksia Peninsula
  3. Banksiadale
  4. Banksian
  5. banksias
  6. bankside
  7. Bankside ladies
  8. Bankside lady
  9. banksides
  10. bankskuta
  11. bankskutas

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