MEANING
The ground or area along the bank of a river or other watercourse.
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Words that belong together
- bankside vegetation
- bankside trees
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A kingfisher disappeared into the bankside vegetation.
Word forms
- Base
- bankside
Usage notes
Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular bankside; plural banksides. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.
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