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rill

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Synonyms and Antonyms of rill

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

there are a few tiny fish in the rill

Synonyms of rill

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

Words Related to rill

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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