DISTRIBUTARY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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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