Distributary

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Distributary \Dis*trib"u*ta*ry\, a.
     Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes;
     distributive.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  distributary
       n : a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and
           does not rejoin it [ant: {feeder}]