Watercourse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A natural or artificial channel through which water flows.
  • n. A stream or river.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the holes in floor or other plates to permit water to flow through.
  • A stream of water; a river or brook.
  • A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands.
  • A running stream of water having a bed and banks; the easement one may have in the flowing of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A stream of water; a river or brook.
  • n. A channel or canal made for the conveyance of water, or serving for conveyance by water.
  • n. In law, a stream of water, usually flowing in a definite channel having a bed and sides or banks, and usually discharging itself into some other stream or body of water. Bigelow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. natural or artificial channel through which water flows
  • n. a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
  • n. a conduit through which water flows
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    channel   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    run    arroyo    nullah    inlet    lead    donga   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    arroyo    waterway    donga    gulch    estuary    creek    rivulet    aqueduct    brooklet    kopje