MEANING
A channel that leaves a main river and later rejoins it.
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- river anabranch
- flowing anabranch
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The anabranch carried them around the wooded island.
A flowing anabranch rejoined the river below the old ferry.
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- anabranch
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular anabranch; plural anabranches. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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