Riverbed

/ˈɹɪv.əˌbɛd/

Synonyms for "riverbed" (5 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
river bottom

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
bedchannel floor

Related words (2)

Adjective(1 words)
german wasserweg
Noun(1 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

4 entries
bedbottomgeographic featurelandform

More specific

4 entries
gravel bedmud bedsandbedsilt bed

Collocations

6 entries
dry riverbedriverbed channelriverbed erosionriverbed materialriverbed sedimentsandbed

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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This restaurant is located on the riverbed.

Source: tatoeba (534719)

In the countryside, the breaths of the grass, the trees, and the rocks have the foul smell of humans. They call to me from all directions, and they cling to me. But in the city, even the passengers of a jam-packed train are as quiet as pebbles on the riverbed, and everyone is only thinking of themselves.

Source: tatoeba (4491320)

Led by the town's mayor, inspired by bass drums and bagpipes and fortified by homemade plum brandy, they performed a slow "mazhko horo," or men's dance, stomping on the rocky riverbed.

Source: tatoeba (8433366)

Mary is said to have sung so beautifully that, when one day she ventured on to a battlefield, the opposing soldiers dropped their weapons, forgot their enmity and sat down together just to listen to her; the birds are said to have fallen silent; the trees, to have uprooted themselves and moved closer; the stones, they say, rose from the riverbed and mounted the bank, and the wind blew only to carry her melodious voice.

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