MEANING
The land immediately beside a river.
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Words that belong together
- steep riverbank
- muddy riverbank
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Roots gripped the steep riverbank.
Word forms
- Base
- riverbank
Usage notes
Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular riverbank; plural riverbanks. 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. Commonness: moderately common.
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