Rivulet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹɪv.jʊ.lɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rivulet is a noun meaning A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.
Meaning
A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.
More Meanings
- Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth.
Example Sentences
A rivulet of tears ran down his face.
Rills running down the steepest slopes develop into rivulets.
Yes Madam I think you will like them—when you shall see in a beautiful Quarto Page how a neat rivulet of Text shall meander thro' a meadow of margin—'fore Gad, they will be the most elegant Things of their kind—
The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs. Their income disappeared as a little rivulet that is swallowed by the thirsty ground.
Word Forms
- rivulets
Synonyms for rivulet
Depending on context, synonyms include rill, run, runnel, streamlet.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include runnel, streamlet, rill, run, bourn, brook.
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