riverbank
/ˈɹɪv.əˌbæŋk/US/ˈɹɪv.ɚˌbæŋk/
riverbank noun: a sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.
Noun
riverbank (plural riverbanks)
- A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.
- "The best plan will be to walk along the riverbank until we come to the road again," remarked the Lion.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 8, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Riverbank
Riverbank
- A city in Stanislaus County, California, United States.
riverbank meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Punjabi
riverbank in Hindi
- sloped side of a river
- तट taṭ
riverbank in Tamil
- sloped side of a river
- ஆற்றங்கரை āṟṟaṅkarai
riverbank in Bengali
- riverbank
- ডাঙ্গা ḍaṅga, ডাঙা ḍaṅa
riverbank in Punjabi
- riverbank
- ਕੰਧੀ kandhī
More languagesFewer languages
- riverbank in Tagalog
- pampang
- riverbank in Persian
- رودبار rudbār
Examples of riverbank in a sentence
- Turning the corner, I came on Julia sitting by the riverbank.
- There were clusters of other lads and beors all about the riverbank, drinking, laughing.
- Ahead, in the Little Missouri River bottom, Jakub spotted an obstinacy of bison ambling down the riverbank.
Forms of riverbank
| plural | riverbanks |
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Origin of riverbank
From river + bank.
Words formed from riverbank
Questions about riverbank
- What does riverbank mean?
- Riverbank means a sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.
- What is riverbank in Hindi?
- Riverbank in Hindi is तट (taṭ). See Riverbank meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is riverbank?
- Riverbank can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce riverbank?
- Riverbank is pronounced /ˈɹɪv.əˌbæŋk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of riverbank?
- The plural of riverbank is riverbanks.
Words near riverbank in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: riverbank (page history and authors); Riverbank (page history and authors); ডাঙা (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਕੰਧੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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