riprap
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈɹɪpɹap/(UK)
Definition of riprap
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping.
“They hold on, spray flying, the ceaseless racket of water impacting on rock all but swallowing them, the river pitching dizzily, snags and riprap raking like claws at the bottom of the boat.”
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noun
-
(countable, uncountable)An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping.
“They hold on, spray flying, the ceaseless racket of water impacting on rock all but swallowing them, the river pitching dizzily, snags and riprap raking like claws at the bottom of the boat.”
- (Canada, US, countable, uncountable)Rocks or other materials used to shore up an embankment, deter or prevent erosion, guide shipping, or serve as a temporary mooring.
verb
- To form a riprap in or upon.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Apparently a reduplication (with vowel dissimilation) of rap (“blow, stroke”).
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