Streambed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Streambed is a noun meaning (hydrology) A channel through which a stream flows or used to flow.
Meaning
(hydrology) A channel through which a stream flows or used to flow.
Example Sentences
Near-synonyms: riverbed, creekbed
The easement restricts construction and will keep cattle mostly away from sensitive streambeds.
Thirty feet below her, where the Persians were crashing through the brush, the streambed kinked to the left side of the ravine and ran under an enormous thorn tree with a thick base.
Word Forms
- streambeds
- stream bed
Synonyms for streambed
Depending on context, synonyms include riverbed, creekbed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bed, cot, crib, channel, flowoff, pass.
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