MEANING
The ground beneath a river's water or its channel when dry.
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Words that belong together
- dry riverbed
- stony riverbed
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They followed the dry riverbed toward the hills.
Word forms
- Base
- riverbed
Usage notes
Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular riverbed; plural riverbeds. 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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