riverbank

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UK/ˈɹɪv.əˌbæŋk/US/ˈɹɪv.ɚˌbæŋk/

noun

A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.

Similar
riverside
OriginEnglish bank ← Middle English ryver ← Anglo-Norman riviere →
Less commonScrabble 18
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Meanings

riverbank1

nounriverbank (plural riverbanks)

plural riverbanks

  1. A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.

    "The best plan will be to walk along the riverbank until we come to the road again," remarked the Lion.

    1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 8, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC

Riverbank2

proper noun
  1. A city in Stanislaus County, California, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe bank of a river

Similar
riverside
Broader
bank
Also see
riverside

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reyp-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁réyp-eh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*reipā
  4. Latinrīpa
  5. Latinrīpārius
  6. Early Medieval Latinrīpāria
  7. Anglo-Normanriviere
  8. Middle Englishryver
  9. Englishriver
  10. Englishbank
  11. Englishriverbank

From river + bank.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek ὄχθη
  • ὄχθη (ókhthē)sloped side of a river
Bulgarian речен бряг
  • речен бряг (rečen brjag)sloped side of a river
Catalan riba, ribera
  • ribasloped side of a river
  • riberasloped side of a river
Chinese Mandarin 江畔
  • 江畔 (jiāngpàn)sloped side of a river
Dutch oever
  • oeversloped side of a river
Esperanto riverbordo
  • riverbordosloped side of a river
Finnish joenpenkka
  • joenpenkkasloped side of a river
French rive, berge
  • rivesloped side of a river
  • bergesloped side of a river
German Ufer
  • Ufersloped side of a river
Greek όχθη
  • όχθη (óchthi)sloped side of a river
Hebrew גדה
  • גדה (gada)sloped side of a river
Hindi तट
  • तट (taṭ)sloped side of a river
Hungarian folyópart
  • folyópartsloped side of a river
Korean 강변
  • 강변 (gangbyeon)sloped side of a river
Latin rīpa
  • rīpasloped side of a river
Māori tahataha, tarawāhi
  • tahatahasloped side of a river
  • tarawāhisloped side of a river
  • paretaisloped side of a river
Norwegian Bokmål elvebredd
  • elvebreddsloped side of a river
Persian رودبار
  • رودبار (rudbār)sloped side of a river
Polish brzeg rzeki
  • brzeg rzekisloped side of a river
Spanish orilla, benque
  • orillasloped side of a river
  • benquesloped side of a river
  • ribasloped side of a river
  • riberasloped side of a river
Swedish flodbank
  • flodbanksloped side of a river
Tagalog pampang
  • pampangsloped side of a river
Tamil ஆற்றங்கரை
  • ஆற்றங்கரை (āṟṟaṅkarai)sloped side of a river
Ukrainian берег річки
  • берег річки (bereh ričky)sloped side of a river

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Rivenbark
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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