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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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."

2. 2
   the bank of a river wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A city in Stanislaus County, California, United States.

Synonyms

All synonyms

bankriversideshore

Example

More examples

"We took a walk along the riverbank."

Etymology

From river + bank.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.