billabongnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɪl.ə.bɒŋ/us/ˈbɪl.ə.bɑːŋ/In Australia, a low area of ground that was part of a river in the past and that only fills up with water from the river during a flood.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Watercourses & waterfalls
- arroyo
- barrage
- bayou
- beck
- brook
- burn
- creek
- downriver
- Euphrates
- ghat
- gully
- headwater
- Mississippi
- rapids
- rivulet
- sluice
- spate
- upriver
- watercourse
- watershed
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Examples from literature
- The creek, below its confluence with the Wolf, is continually losing its waters, throwing off arms and billabongs, especially to the west, which form swamps, clay-pans, and lagoons.