Delta

/ˈdɛltə/

Synonyms for "delta" (122 found)

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Closest matches (25)

alkali flatalluvial plainatlas basin bill bottomland branch breakwater bushveld campo cape champaignchampaign countrychersonesecoastal plaincoral reefcrotch crutch desert

Noun(5 words)

alluvial plainchangechange in magnitudechanging character

Verb(1 words)

change quantity

Strong matches (36)

Noun(9 words)

differ fromdifferencedifference indifferences differentialgreek letterincrement landform letter

down downs fan fell flatflat countryflatland flats foreland fork furcula furculumgrass veldgrassland groin head headland heath hook inguen

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lande level llano lowland lowlandslunar mare

Verb(1 words)

make a difference

Related words (61)

mare mesa mesilla missile moor moorland mouth mull naze ness offshootopen countrypampa pampas peneplain peninsula plain plains plateau playa

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point prairie promontory prong ramification reef rocketsalt flatsalt marshsalt pansandspit savanna sebkha spit spur stem steppe table tableland tonguetree veldtrident tundra uplandvvega veld wealdwide open spaceswide-open spaceswishbone wold

Noun(9 words)

river deltariver mouth landformsedimentary landformsignify a differencetriangle-shaped triangular variation varying wing

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More general

22 entries

alluvial depositalluvial sedimentalluvion alluviumalphabet letteralphabetic characterchange indicatorequiangular triangleequilateral triangleformationgeographic featuregeological formationgeometric propertylandform letterletter of the alphabet

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9 entries

birdfoot deltadelta shapedelta temperaturedelta timedelta valuelowercase deltatongue deltatriangle shapeuppercase delta

Collocations

11 entries

Greek letter deltacoastal deltadelta regiondelta symboldelta temperaturedelta timedelta valuedelta xdelta yfan shaped deltariver delta

Inflections

1 entries

deltas

Derivations

1 entries

deltaic

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In 2008, Delta and Northwest airlines united to form the world's largest airline.

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The Mississippi delta has changed shape drastically over the course of its history.

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The river delta has flooded many times. I don't know why anyone continues to build there.

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The Moon's Mons Hadley Delta is 15,000 feet tall, and makes up part of the rim of a deep crater from an asteroid impact billions of years ago.

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