brook

¹brook

noun \ˈbru̇k\

Definition of BROOK

: creek 2

Examples of BROOK

1. <there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook>

Origin of BROOK

Middle English, from Old English brōc; akin to Old High German bruoh marshy ground

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to BROOK

Synonyms: beck [British], bourn (or bourne), creek, brooklet, burn [British], gill [British], rill, rivulet, run [chiefly Midland], runlet, runnel, streamlet

Related Words: arroyo, billabong [Australian], fresh, freshet, runoff; bayou, coulee, slough (also slew or slue), stream, wash; canal, channel, cut, cutoff, gut, kill, millrace, millstream, race, watercourse, waterway; affluent, branch, confluent, distributary, influent, tributary

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Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

Rhymes with BROOK

book, chook, cook, Cook, crook, hook, look, nook, rook, schnook, shook, snook, stook