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DISTRIBUTARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does distributary mean?
• DISTRIBUTARY (noun)
The noun DISTRIBUTARY has 1 sense:
1. a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
Familiarity information: DISTRIBUTARY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("distributary" is a kind of...):
branch (a stream or river connected to a larger one)
Antonym:
tributary (a branch that flows into the main stream)
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