Definitions for ripraps

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ripraps rip·rap

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IPA: /ˈrɪpˌræp/

Ripraps is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 110 anagrams from letters in ripraps (aipprrs).

Definitions for ripraps

noun

1. a quantity of broken stone for foundations, revetments of embankments, etc.
2. a foundation or wall of stones thrown together irregularly.

verb (used with object)

1. to construct with or strengthen by stones, either loose or fastened with mortar.

Origin of ripraps

First recorded in 1570-80; gradational reduplication of rap¹

Examples for ripraps

riprap holds dissolving banks, and overhanging trees are cut away.

The shore below the landing is a line of broken, ragged, slimy rocks, as if they had been dumped there for a riprap wall.

The riprap was merely a skin on each face, with loose spawls mixed with the earth.

The outer slope is protected with riprap, composed of large bowlders.