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rip-rap

rip-rap is the alternative form of riprap.

Meaning of riprap

Noun

riprap (countable and uncountable, plural ripraps)

  1. An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping.
    • They hold on, spray flying, the ceaseless racket of water impacting on rock all but swallowing them, the river pitching dizzily, snags and riprap raking like claws at the bottom of the boat.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 423
  2. (Canada, US) Rocks or other materials used to shore up an embankment, deter or prevent erosion, guide shipping, or serve as a temporary mooring.

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Forms of rip-rap

pluralrip-raps

Questions about rip-rap

What is rip-rap the alternative form of?
Rip-rap is the alternative form of riprap.

Words near rip-rap in the dictionary

  1. rip-and-tear
  2. rip-off
  3. rip-off merchant
  4. rip-off merchants
  5. rip-offs
  6. rip-rap
  7. rip-raps
  8. rip-roaring
  9. rip-roaringly
  10. rip-roarious
  11. rip-snorting mad

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