tributaries
Meaning of tributaries
- a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi
- a person or state that pays tribute to another state or ruler.
tributaries of the Ottoman Empire
late Middle English (in tributary (sense 2)): from Latin tributarius, from tributum (see tribute). tributary (sense 1) dates from the early 19th century.
Information about tributaries
- It is a name.
- The singular form of tributaries is: tributary.
- Languages in which tributaries is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of tributaries
trib-u-taries
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- tributaries is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
tributaries synonyms
Meaning a tributary stream of a river close to or forming part of its source:
Meaning a lateral extension or subdivision extending from the main part of a river, road, railway, etc:
Meaning a person or animal that eats a particular food or in a particular manner:
Meaning a stream or minor tributary of a river:
Meaning a stream, especially a tributary, which flows into another stream or lake:
Meaning flowing together or merging:
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