billabong

noun, Australian

Synonyms and Antonyms of BILLABONG

a small often deep body of water <taking a break from our trek through the outback, we bathed our tired feet in the still waters of a billabong>

Synonyms billabong [Australian], mere [chiefly British], puddle, stank [British dialect], well

Related Words basin, hole, sinkhole; swimming pool; lake, pond, water hole

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