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noun
- 1. a branch of a river forming a backwater or stagnant pool, made by water flowing from the main stream during a flood. Australian
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It is usually an oxbow lake, caused by a change in course by a river channel; but other types of small lakes, ponds, or waterholes are also called billabongs. The term is probably a borrowing from Wiradjuri, an Aboriginal Australian language of New South Wales .
BILLABONG definition: 1. In Australia, a low area of ground that was part of a river in the past and that only fills up…. Learn more.
noun. bil· la· bong ˈbi-lə-ˌbȯŋ. -ˌbäŋ. Synonyms of billabong. 1. Australia. a. : a blind channel leading out from a river. b. : a usually dry streambed that is filled seasonally. 2. Australia : a backwater forming a stagnant pool. Synonyms. mere [ chiefly British] pool. puddle. stank [ British dialect] well.
Billabong definition: a branch of a river flowing away from the main stream but leading to no other body of water; a blind or dead-end channel.. See examples of BILLABONG used in a sentence.
Today, a billabong is an Australian noun that designates a branch of a river, an isolated stagnant pond, or a dead-end channel created by water flowing from the main stream during a flood or left behind after a river changes course.
noun. a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently. see more. noun. a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high. see more.
a branch of a river flowing away from the main stream but leading to no other body of water; a blind or dead-end channel. 2. a creek bed holding water only in the rainy season; a dried-up watercourse. 3. a stagnant backwater or slough formed by receding floodwater. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
