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cutbanks

cutbanks is the plural of cutbank.

Meaning of cutbank

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

Questions about cutbanks

What is cutbanks the plural of?
Cutbanks is the plural of cutbank.

Words near cutbanks in the dictionary

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

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