tributary

IPA: trˈɪbjʌtɛri

noun

  • (hydrology) A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
  • (anatomy) A vein which drains into another vein.
  • A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.

adjective

  • Related to the paying of tribute.
  • subordinate; inferior
  • Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.
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Examples of "tributary" in Sentences

  • It is a tributary of the Awash River.
  • The Beck is a tributary of the River Wensum.
  • The Bogan is a tributary of the Darling River.
  • The Macquarie is a tributary of the Darling River.
  • It is the northernmost tributary of the Darling River.
  • A major tributary of the River Crouch is the River Roach.
  • The Eel River is a tributary of the Wabash River in Indiana.
  • The 'Embarrass River' of Wisconsin is a tributary of the Wolf River.
  • Gironde, so that it can scarce be called a tributary of that wide water.
  • The River Poulter is a tributary river of the River Idle in Nottinghamshire.
  • From Wikipedia: A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a main stem (or parent) river.
  • Although the Angara is five times as large as the Yenisei, it is called a tributary of the latter.
  • Assyria (compare Ho 7: 11), as Israel lately had done (2Ki 17: 4), after having revolted from Assyria, to whom they had been tributary from the times of Menahem (2Ki 15: 19).
  • Some still refer to this archipelago by its original name, the Ryukyu Islands, a kingdom that maintained so-called tributary relationships with China and Japan hundreds of years ago.
  • After due deliberation we decided that the best place to ford was a short distance above the junction of a tributary from the other side and opposite a sandbar which divided the river.
  • In the spring and fall, bass tend to chase baitfish more actively, and whenever you encounter any type of surface activity, especially in tributary creeks, you're usually close to bass.
  • It is a small town of about two thousand inhabitants, crowded up against the mountains, at the end of a little valley through which runs a mountain stream of the same name tributary to the Rio Grande.
  • The fourth side of the enceinte stands on a solid rock, above the little river that loses itself in the flat-lands bordering the Gironde, so that it can scarce be called a tributary of that wide water.

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