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Word entry · 5 letters

river

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"Flowing natural water"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɪvəː/Part of speech nounSorted eirrvStarts with REnds with R12 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Large natural stream of water.

Word origin

From Middle English ryver, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria (“littoral, riverbank”), from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from Latin rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Unrelated to Latin rīvus (“stream”) (whence rival, derive). Doublet of riviera and rivière. Displaced native Old English ēa.

Used in a sentence

  • Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.
  • a river of blood
  • He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river.

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Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues

01Flowing natural water5 letters
02Flowing natural waterway5 letters
03Flowing waterway5 letters
04Long natural waterway5 letters
05Map's blue line5 letters
06Moving waterway5 letters
07Natural stream of water5 letters
08Natural water course5 letters

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