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riverbed

ri ver bed

  • n  a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river

  • Spearlike steel girders cascaded into the shattered trucks and cars, pinning people against the bank and the riverbed.
  • The tower is built directly on an ancient riverbed of soft, sandy soil, and the foundation is shallow for a structure that weighs 32 million lbs.
  • At dusk we forded a stony riverbed and a village loomed on the bank.
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