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distributary

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12 lettersPronunciation /di-ˈstri-byə-ˌter-ē/Part of speech nounSorted abdiirrsttuyStarts with DEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin it

Word origin

From distribute + -ary.

Used in a sentence

  • A posthumous child is as much entitled to a distributary share, under the statute of distributions, as one that is born at the time of the death of its father […]
  • […] improving the channels in a distributary unit.
  • These deposits are commonly punctuated by metre-scale fining-upward, medium-grained, cross-bedded sandstones, interpreted as terminal distributary channels.

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