Dictionary Entry
delta
delta is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.
- 2noun
the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
- 3noun
a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
"the Mississippi River delta"
"the Nile delta"
- 4noun
an object shaped like an equilateral triangle
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