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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stream of water |
| Synonyms: | brook, brooklet, burn, crick, ditch, race, rill, rindle, river, rivulet, run, runnel, spring, streamlet, tributary, watercourse |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
| Main Entry: | brook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stream of water |
| Synonyms: | beck, branch, burn, creek, rill, rindle, river, rivulet, run, runnel, streamlet, watercourse |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
| Main Entry: | cove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inlet, small niche |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, bay, bayou, bight, cave, cavern, creek, estuary, firth, frith, gulf, harbor, hole, lagoon, nook, retreat, slough, sound, wash |
| Main Entry: | estuary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mouth |
| Synonyms: | arm, creek, firth, fjord, inlet, tidewater, waterway |
| Main Entry: | inlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm of the sea |
| Synonyms: | basin, bay, bayou, bight, canal, channel, cove, creek, delta, entrance, estuary, firth, fjord, gulf, harbor, ingress, loch, narrows, passage, slew, slough, sound, strait |
| Main Entry: | lake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inland body of water |
| Synonyms: | basin, creek, inland sea, lagoon, lakelet, loch, mere, millpond, mouth, pond, pool, reservoir, sluice, spring, tarn |
| Main Entry: | race |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stream, river |
| Synonyms: | branch, brook, creek, duct, gill, raceway, rill, rindle, rivulet, run, runnel, sluice, tide |
| Main Entry: | river |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterway |
| Synonyms: | beck, branch, brook, course, creek, estuary, rill, rivulet, run, runnel, stream, tributary, watercourse |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
| Main Entry: | stream |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small river |
| Synonyms: | beck, branch, brook, burn, course, creek, current, drift, flood, flow, freshet, race, rill, rindle, rivulet, run, runnel, rush, spate, spritz, surge, tide, torrent, tributary, watercourse |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
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