| watercourse | | |
| n. (object) | 1. watercourse | natural or artificial channel through which water flows. |
| ~ channel | a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels.; "the ship went aground in the channel" |
| n. (object) | 2. stream, watercourse | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth. |
| ~ body of water, water | the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean).; "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" |
| ~ branch | a stream or river connected to a larger one. |
| ~ brook, creek | a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river).; "the creek dried up every summer" |
| ~ crossing, ford | a shallow area in a stream that can be forded. |
| ~ headstream | a stream that forms the source of a river. |
| ~ meander | a bend or curve, as in a stream or river. |
| ~ midstream | the middle of a stream. |
| ~ river | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).; "the river was navigable for 50 miles" |
| ~ rill, rivulet, runnel, streamlet, run | a small stream. |
| ~ tidal river, tidal stream, tidewater river, tidewater stream | a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. watercourse, waterway | a conduit through which water flows. |
| ~ canal | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation. |
| ~ flume | watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs. |
| ~ headrace | a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine. |
| ~ tailrace | a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine. |
| ~ way | any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.; "he said he was looking for the way out" |
| creek | | |
| n. (object) | 1. brook, creek | a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river).; "the creek dried up every summer" |
| ~ bull run | a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War. |
| ~ aegospotami, aegospotamos | a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War. |
| ~ brooklet | a small brook. |
| ~ stream, watercourse | a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth. |
| n. (person) | 2. creek | any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma. |
| ~ american indian, indian, red indian | a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived. |
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