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runnel

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹʌnəl/Part of speech nounSorted elnnruStarts with REnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a small stream

Word origin

From Middle English runel, rennel, rinel, from Old English rynel (“that which runs; runner; stream”), from Proto-Germanic *runilaz, equivalent to run + -el. Cognate with Scots rinel, rinnal (“stream; runnel”), Swedish rännel (“runner; runnel”).

Used in a sentence

  • Spring, is ye comen in, / Dappled larke singe, / Snow melteth, / Runnel pelteth, / Smelleth wind of newe buddinge.
  • Every little runnel in the bay was astir, and yet the land around him was as dry as flax, and no drop of rain had fallen.
  • Not all saltmarshes are suited to habitat modification, but where they are, runnelling provides long-term and cost-effective control with minor non-target impacts.

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