Associations to the word «Tributary»
Noun
- Beck
- Foothill
- Kilometre
- Lick
- Crosse
- Ravine
- Falls
- Sacramento
- Tweed
- Dividing
- Lena
- Discharge
- Huron
- Fed
- Po
- Little
- Niger
- Pond
- Upper
- Wadi
- Slough
- Southwest
- Butte
- Branch
- Colorado
- Gully
- Hudson
- Northeast
- Escarpment
- Delaware
- Dry
- Guadalupe
- Erie
- Bank
- Seine
- Huntington
- Steep
- Lea
- Reaching
- Lower
- Eel
- Divide
- Rise
- Fishing
- Shire
- Tributary
- Boundary
- Alps
- Mountain
- Mill
- Tenth
- Marsh
- Transylvania
- Antarctica
- Vassal
- Fjord
- Rhineland
- Spawning
- Palatinate
- Siam
- Malacca
- Parramatta
Adjective
Wiktionary
TRIBUTARY, noun. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
TRIBUTARY, noun. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
TRIBUTARY, adjective. Related to the paying of tribute.
TRIBUTARY, adjective. Subordinate; inferior
TRIBUTARY, adjective. Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.
TRIBUTARY LOAD, noun. (engineering) The accumulation of loads that are directed toward a particular structural member.
TRIBUTARY LOADS, noun. Plural of tributary load
Dictionary definition
TRIBUTARY, noun. A branch that flows into the main stream.
TRIBUTARY, adjective. (of a stream) flowing into a larger stream.
TRIBUTARY, adjective. Paying tribute; "a tributary colony".
TRIBUTARY, adjective. Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor".
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