Associations to the word «Tributary»
Noun
- Saxony
- Bowers
- Cu
- Rea
- Moldova
- Baden
- Flooding
- Mongol
- Ming
- Principality
- Sultanate
- Sturgeon
- Portage
- Left
- Silt
- Fraser
- Pennsylvania
- Torrent
- Maratha
- Km
- Maud
- Chute
- Bavaria
- Champlain
- Russia
- Westerly
- Southeast
- Polity
- Columbia
- Kern
- Cascade
- Congo
- Sandy
- Cumberland
- Yuan
- Dynasty
- Tribute
- Calder
- Wyoming
- Diversion
- Sawmill
- Pass
- Easterly
- Upland
- Anhalt
- Northwest
- Rapid
- Overflow
- Right
- Alder
- Otter
- Steamboat
- Kilometer
- Elevation
- Serbia
- Overlord
- Highlands
- Embankment
- Princes
- Poplar
- Levee
- Ridge
- Lowland
- Hollow
- Ruler
- Mouth
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".
Wise words
A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time
as the bullets go flying through space.