Synonyms for delta
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : del-tuh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛl tə |
Top 10 synonyms for delta Other synonyms for the word delta
- alluvial plain
- bay
- bayou
- beak
- bight
- canal
- channel
- chops
- clam
- coastal plain
- cove
- creek
- crevice
- delta
- delta plain
- deposition
- dregs
- drift
- embouchement
- entrance
- firth
- floodplain
- fly trap
- funnel
- gills
- gob
- grounds
- gulf
- harbor
- ingress
- inlet
- jaws
- kisser
- lees
- lips
- loch
- mush
- narrows
- orifice
- passage
- portal
- precipitate
- precipitation
- sediment
- settlings
- silt
- slew
- slough
- sound
- strait
- tidal plain
- trap
- yap
Définition of delta
Origin :- c.1200, Greek letter shaped like a triangle, equivalent to our "D," the name from Phoenician daleth "tent door." Herodotus used it of the mouth of the Nile, and it was so used in English from 1550s; applied to other river mouths from 1790.
- As in inlet : noun arm of the sea
- As in mouth : noun opening
- As in flood plain : noun plain bordering a river
- As in deposit : noun accumulation of solid
- He was exiled at the age of 30 to Tomi, a town south of the delta of the Danube.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
- The oval between the river and the hills to the East is known as the "Delta."
- Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
- The Delta records a benefit given him at the theatre in 1854.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
- It empties into the Caspian Sea, with a delta of more than seventy branches.
- Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.
- The Karens are numerically the strongest and live in the delta of the Irrawaddy.
- Extract from : « Travels in the Far East » by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
- But nothing could have been more uninteresting than the banks of the river near its delta.
- Extract from : « Up the River » by Oliver Optic
- In this delta, more than a league square, lay the Golden Valley.
- Extract from : « Wood Rangers » by Mayne Reid
- Except in this delta rain never falls, that is to say, not to speak of.
- Extract from : « Round the Wonderful World » by G. E. Mitton
- The Mackenzie wanders on down for a hundred miles through its delta.
- Extract from : « Young Alaskans in the Far North » by Emerson Hough
- The Queen has sunk millions in the sand on the Syrian frontier of the Delta.
- Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers
Antonyms for delta
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