Associations to the word «Tributary»
Noun
- Chico
- Hesse
- Verde
- Catfish
- Flood
- Sediment
- Paraguay
- Empire
- Fawn
- Nam
- Han
- Haryana
- Clinch
- Tibet
- Vest
- Trafalgar
- Assam
- Hills
- Sulphur
- Swamp
- Shan
- Fitzroy
- Ural
- Bourne
- Cider
- Shingle
- Sewage
- Rainfall
- Mackenzie
- Boise
- Serra
- Payload
- County
- Tyrol
- Pau
- Lac
- Stretch
- Run
- Mari
- Mysore
- Montana
- Tay
- Sichuan
- Turn
- Dee
- Weir
- Ravi
- Herzegovina
- Bosnia
- Magdalena
- Tang
- Merging
- Glen
- Kettle
- Kali
- Joining
- Maine
- Mckenzie
- Arkansas
- East
- Humboldt
- Sap
- Pine
- Sudbury
- Chiang
- Narayan
- Plain
- Crag
- Township
- Mun
- Snake
- Collect
- Andes
- Northumberland
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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.