anabranch

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
19
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈænəbɹæntʃ/
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/ˈænəbɹæntʃ/ · /ˈænəbɹɑːntʃ/

Definition of anabranch

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (especially)A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream.
    “Such branches of a river as after separation reunite, I would term anastomosing branches; or, if a word might be coined, anabranches, and the islands they form branch islands.”

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Etymology

From ana- (“extracted from anastomosing”) + branch.

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