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UK
/bˈɪlɐbˌɒŋ/
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NOUN
- a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high
- a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
How To Use billabong In A Sentence
- Several years ago the Festival Committee planted a tree near the billabong on Stiggants Reserve as a thank-you to Lynne.
- There was walkabout land with food, a billabong.
- Barton had clinched the world title - his subsequent victory in the Billabong was almost a formality.
- Add to that team two cameramen, Sharp, a Billabong rep, me, and a half-dozen Chilean journalists and gofers - and you had one long caravan anytime the surfers set out to look for waves.
- There was a lot of drinking - far too much, even by the latter-day standards of the Billabong - and at far too early an hour.
- We might get kindergarten teachers capable of shaping a decent dovetail joint, which the Billabong's carpenter cannot manage.
- Apart from being a popular surfing destination Jeffreys Bay is also renowned for its blue flag beaches and for hosting the annual Billabong Pro WCT surfing event at Supertubes during July.
- There are sometimes moments as the Professor lounges at ease by the billabong, the perfect picture of recumbent indolence, when his sylvan reveries are crushed by a sense of sudden and prophetic dread.
- The Clover Paddock of Billabong was famous – a splendid stretch of perfect green, where the cattle moved knee-deep in fragrant blossoming clovers, with pink and white flowers starring the wide expanse. Mates at Billabong
- Except for the tidally influenced channels, most creeks dry up, with a few pockets of water left in billabongs and permanent swamps.