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rivercourse

rivercourse noun: the course of a river.

Noun

rivercourse (plural rivercourses)

  1. The course of a river.
    • Now I was far more likely to dream about the fauna around Lake Kiboko, the wildflowers along the rivercourses, or my relationship with Helen.1982, Michael Bishop, “Life in Shangri-la”, in No Enemy But Time, New York, N.Y.: Timescape, →ISBN, page 295
    • While he crouches on the hard clay of a dry rivercourse to eat his pack lunch, he thinks: If I had no other way to describe what I saw in the crevasse?1995, Thomas Wharton, “Nunatak”, in Icefields, Edmonton, Alta.: NeWest Press, →ISBN, page 145

Forms of rivercourse

pluralrivercourses

Origin of rivercourse

From river + course.

Questions about rivercourse

What does rivercourse mean?
Rivercourse means the course of a river.
What part of speech is rivercourse?
Rivercourse is a noun.
What is the plural of rivercourse?
The plural of rivercourse is rivercourses.

Words near rivercourse in the dictionary

  1. riverboats
  2. riverbottom
  3. riverbottoms
  4. rivercane
  5. Rivercess
  6. rivercourse
  7. rivercourses
  8. rivercraft
  9. Riverdale
  10. Riverdale Park
  11. riverdamsel

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