riverbed

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From river + bed. Compare Dutch rivierbedding (“riverbed”), German Flussbett (“riverbed”), Swedish flodbädd (“riverbed”).

Found in the riverbed clutching rushes. — Ulysses, James Joyce
Asking what they were doing, he was told that there was a famous spring at the bottom of the river well known from the time when the riverbed was dry land. — A Wayfarer in China: Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

river bottom

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