runlet

noun

ˈrən-lət How to pronounce runlet (audio)
Definition of runletnext
as in creek
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

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  1. creek
  2. brook
  3. stream
Noun
  • Recipes came from a tiny creek in the Appalachians and the rice terraces of Yunnan.
    Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The nurses also provided some basic medical education, making sure that everyone in the area, long accustomed to being able to drink from their local creek, knew that the water was now contaminated because of the flooding.
    Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
Definition of creek
Noun
  • To fill the lakes, stocks of rainbow trout, golden trout, brown, brook and cutthroat trout, along with Atlantic salmon and grayling were brought in.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The property is nestled between a brook and a horse pasture.
    Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2024
Definition of brook
Noun
  • Advertisement The former valedictorian of an elite Baltimore prep school and Ivy League graduate shared posts on social media from an eclectic stream of populists, entrepreneurs, neuroscientists, centrists and disruptors.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • In addition, ice storms can create black ice -- patchy ice on roadways or other transportation surfaces that cannot easily be seen -- and ice jams in lakes and streams, which can contribute to severe flooding, the NWS said.
    Max Golembo, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of stream
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