delta
noun
1 delta
A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
Roget 342:
land,
earth,
ground,
dry land,
terra firma.
continent,
mainland,
peninsula,
chersonese [Fr.],
delta;
tongue of land,
neck of land;
isthmus,
oasis;
promontory
etc.
(projection)
250;
highland
etc.
(height)
206.
coast,
shore,
scar,
strand,
beach;
playa;
bank,
lea;
seaboard,
seaside,
seabank†,
seacoast,
seabeach†;
ironbound coast;
loom of the land;
derelict;
innings;
alluvium,
alluvion†;
ancon.
riverbank,
river bank,
levee.
soil,
glebe,
clay,
loam,
marl,
cledge†,
chalk,
gravel,
mold,
subsoil,
clod,
clot;
rock,
crag.
acres;
real estate
etc.
(property)
780;
landsman†.
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Dutch: delta, deltagebied, rivierdelta
2 delta
An object shaped like an equilateral triangle.
3 delta
The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet.
Dutch: delta
Polish: delta
Moby thesaurus: V, alkali flat, alluvial plain, basin, bill, bottomland, branch, breakwater, bushveld, campo, cape, champaign, champaign country, chersonese, coastal plain, coral reef, crotch, crutch, desert, down, downs, fan, fell, flat, flat country, flatland, flats, foreland, fork, furcula, furculum, grass veld, grassland, groin, head, headland, heath, hook, inguen, lande, level, llano, lowland, lowlands, lunar mare, mare, mesa, mesilla, moor, moorland, mull, naze, ness, offshoot, open country, pampa, pampas, peneplain, peninsula, plain, plains, plateau, playa, point, prairie, promontory, prong, ramification, reef, salt flat, salt marsh, salt pan, sandspit, savanna, sebkha, spit, spur, stem, steppe, table, tableland, tongue, tree veld, trident, tundra, upland, vega, veld, weald, wide-open spaces, wishbone, wold ... show more.
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