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cutbank

cutbank noun: the outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.

Noun

cutbank (plural cutbanks)

  1. (Canada, US) The outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.
    • That particular day, walking along the streambed by the church, they came to a fresh cutbank where the earth had caved.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 154

Forms of cutbank

pluralcutbanks

Origin of cutbank

From cut + bank.

Questions about cutbank

What does cutbank mean?
Cutbank means the outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.
What part of speech is cutbank?
Cutbank is a noun.
What is the plural of cutbank?
The plural of cutbank is cutbanks.

Words near cutbank in the dictionary

  1. cutaway bog
  2. cutaway bogs
  3. cutaways
  4. cutback
  5. cutbacks
  6. cutbank
  7. cutbanks
  8. cutbeard
  9. cutbeards
  10. Cutbirth
  11. Cutbirths

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