as in tributary
a stream that flows into a larger body of water
a small creek that is the bayou of a larger stream
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Recent Examples of bayou
Streetlights cast a glow just bright enough to illuminate the weathered water vessels while leaving the bayou beyond dark and mysterious.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 July 2025
Pratt was stout, compact and level-eyed, with a raspy drawl bespeaking his childhood on the Louisiana bayou.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Walking into Colo’s Southern Cafe transports hungry diners to the bayou.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025
After going their separate ways for many years, Shaggy and Co. reunite and go to a bayou island outside of New Orleans.
—James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 July 2025
Pratt was stout, compact and level-eyed, with a raspy drawl bespeaking his childhood on the Louisiana bayou.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Walking into Colo’s Southern Cafe transports hungry diners to the bayou.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025
After going their separate ways for many years, Shaggy and Co. reunite and go to a bayou island outside of New Orleans.
—James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bayou
tributary
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In March 2019, Clover Flat Land Fill spilled 40,000 gallons of leachate into nearby streams, which are tributaries of the Napa River, Haley said in a news release.—
Bay City News,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Potamopyrgus antipodarum, or New Zealand mudsnails, were found at two tributaries of the Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Peters Creek and Turtle Creek, according to the report.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Bayou.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayou. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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