cutbank

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noun

The outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.

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Meanings

nouncutbank (plural cutbanks)

plural cutbanks

  1. CanadaUSThe outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.

    That particular day, walking along the streambed by the church, they came to a fresh cutbank where the earth had caved.

    2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 154

Origin

From cut + bank.

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Cite this entry
APA

cutbank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutbank

MLA

“cutbank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutbank. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cutbank,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutbank.

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