streamlet

stream·let

noun \ˈstrēm-lət\

Definition of STREAMLET

: a small stream

Examples of STREAMLET

1. <the raging brook of last spring is a mere streamlet now that it's July>

First Known Use of STREAMLET

circa 1552

Related to STREAMLET

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

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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