overbank

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adjective

Describing sediments deposited on a floodplain from suspensions in floodwaters

OriginEnglish bank ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

adjectiveoverbank (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegeographyDescribing sediments deposited on a floodplain from suspensions in floodwaters
verboverbank (third-person singular simple present overbanks, present participle overbanking, simple past and past participle overbanked)

present singular third person overbanks · participle present overbanking · participle past overbanked · past overbanked

  1. To bank excessively

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishbank
  8. Englishoverbank

From over- + bank.

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APA

overbank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbank

MLA

“overbank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbank. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overbank,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbank.

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