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riverbed

Syllables: riv·er·bed/ˈɹɪv.əˌbɛd/US/ˈɹɪv.ɚˌbɛd/

riverbed noun: the path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not including the riverbanks.

riverbed: the path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not...
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Noun

riverbed (plural riverbeds)

  1. The path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not including the riverbanks.
    • Near-synonyms: streambed, creekbed
    • The Hang En tour involves a difficult daylong trek over limestone mountain paths and along riverbeds to the remote indigenous village of Ban Doong.2014 October 31, David W. Lloyd, “Deep in Vietnam, Exploring a Colossal Cave”, in The New York Times

riverbed meaning in Marathi and Pashto

riverbed in Marathi

riverbed
तास tās

riverbed in Pashto

riverbed, channel
مجرا majrá

Examples of riverbed in a sentence

  • The caboose, long decrepit, rested on a forgotten layup just north of the dry riverbed.
  • The convoy was proceeding down the dry, cracked crazy-paving riverbed of the Gomatum.
  • We had to cross two riverbeds and bounced across some pretty rocky terrain.

All 10 example sentences with riverbed

Synonyms of riverbed

Forms of riverbed

pluralriverbeds
alternative formriver bed
alternative formriver-bed

Plural of riverbed: riverbeds

Origin of riverbed

From river + bed. Compare Dutch rivierbedding (“riverbed”), German Flussbett (“riverbed”), Swedish flodbädd (“riverbed”).

Questions about riverbed

What does riverbed mean?
Riverbed means the path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not including the riverbanks.
What is riverbed in Marathi?
Riverbed in Marathi is तास (tās). See Riverbed meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is riverbed?
Riverbed is a noun.
How do you pronounce riverbed?
Riverbed is pronounced /ˈɹɪv.əˌbɛd/ (UK).
What is the plural of riverbed?
The plural of riverbed is riverbeds.

Words near riverbed in the dictionary

  1. riverains
  2. riverbank
  3. riverbanker
  4. riverbankers
  5. riverbanks
  6. riverbed
  7. riverbeds
  8. riverbend
  9. riverbends
  10. riverboard
  11. riverboarder

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: riverbed (page history and authors); तास (Marathi) (page history and authors); مجرا (Pashto) (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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