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riprap | x |

As a noun riprap

is an underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping.

As a verb riprap

is to form a riprap in or upon.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

riprap

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping.
  • *1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 423:
  • *: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.
  • Rocks or other materials used to shore up an embankment, deter or prevent erosion, guide shipping, or serve as a temporary mooring.

    • Verb

    (riprapp)
  • To form a riprap in or upon.

    • x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----