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overbank

overbank adjective: describing sediments deposited on a floodplain from suspensions in floodwaters.

Adjective

overbank (not comparable)

  1. Describing sediments deposited on a floodplain from suspensions in floodwaters

Verb

overbank (third-person singular simple present overbanks, present participle overbanking, simple past and past participle overbanked)

  1. To bank excessively

Forms of overbank

third-person singular presentoverbanks
present participleoverbanking
past participleoverbanked
pastoverbanked

Origin of overbank

From over- + bank.

Questions about overbank

What does overbank mean?
Overbank means describing sediments deposited on a floodplain from suspensions in floodwaters.
What part of speech is overbank?
Overbank can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near overbank in the dictionary

  1. overballasts
  2. overband
  3. overbanded
  4. overbanding
  5. overbands
  6. overbank
  7. overbanked
  8. overbanking
  9. overbanks
  10. overbar
  11. overbarred

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