tributary

[US]/ˈtrɪbjətri/
[UK]/ˈtrɪbjəteri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake

adj. relating to or being a tributary; subordinate or dependent; paying tribute
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

tributary river

main tributary

tributary system

largest tributary

Example Sentences

a tributary of the Columbia River

There was a tributary road near the end of the village.

the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi.

About half the 22 Ovimbundu chiefdoms were tributary to a larger chiefdom before Portuguese intervention in the 20th century.

The so-called "tributary schools" are kinds of forky phenomena examined from different perspectives.

Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

The area above Chashang Section in the Beishi River Valley, a tributary of Fen River, is made up of forested and unforested lands in one and the other.

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