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runlet

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of runlet

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

weather forecasters warned that the heavy rains might cause the area's runlets to overflow

Synonyms of runlet

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

Words Related to runlet

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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