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bourn

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variants: or bourne

Synonyms and Antonyms of bourn

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

idyllic days that were spent rambling the length of the bourn that flowed through that peaceful vale

Synonyms of bourn

beck [British], brook, brooklet, burn [British], creek, gill [British], rill, rivulet, run [chiefly Midland], runlet, runnel, streamlet

Words Related to bourn

arroyo, billabong [Australian], fresh, freshet, runoff

bayou, coulee, slough (also slew), stream, wash

canal, channel, cut, cutoff, gut, kill, millrace, millstream, race, watercourse, waterway

affluent, branch, confluent, distributary, influent, tributary

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