riverbank

noun

riv·​er·​bank ˈri-vər-ˌbaŋk 

: the bank of a river

Examples of riverbank in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So far, 11 barges have been located along the riverbank by Brunot Island and were being held by a tugboat, city officials said. —Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024

After lunch, grab a swinging bed on the riverbank and watch the hippos wallowing nearby. —Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024

Police search turns to riverbank As the days passed since Strain vanished, the search has taken police to a river near where he was last spotted. —Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024

The incident left railroad cars along a riverbank and at least one partially in the river itself. —Joe Kottke, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2024

Texas builds base near border where the state is quarreling with feds Texas continues to limit the Border Patrol’s access to Shelby Park, and Abbott has described plans to extend the National Guard deployment along the riverbanks, where some migrants continue to cross on the outskirts of town. —Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024

Firefighters found fresh footprints from the riverbank that led into the water, but the prints didn’t return back to the bank, deputies said. —Paloma Chavez, Idaho Statesman, 29 Jan. 2024

After colliding with the side of the road, the tanker split open, leaking its contents onto a riverbank next to the road. —Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024

But during the Gold Rush, colonizers altered vegetation and destabilized riverbanks with grazing, at times draining meadows to make way for different land uses. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1522, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

riverbank

noun

riv·​er·​bank ˈriv-ər-ˌbaŋk 

: the bank of a river