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tributaries

noun as in arm

noun as in river

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Example Sentences

But those are tributaries that well forth from a deeper stagnancy.

The total cash tributaries will no doubt get more murky and torrential.

The less its rate of fall and the greater the amount of silt it obtains from its tributaries, the more winding its course becomes.

The buildings are usually grouped together at a favorable spot on the banks of the Amazon or one of its tributaries.

The geographical information recorded respecting the St. Lawrence and its tributaries is generally vague and confused.

They stopped for the evening just within the mouth of one of the chasm's tributaries.

The species seemed scarce in the main stream of Big Caney River but was common in some of its tributaries.

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On this page you'll find 95 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tributaries, such as: branch, brook, channel, creek, estuary, and firth.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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