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Word entry · 6 letters

stream

Best crossword clue

"Flowing creek"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈstɹiːm/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aemrstStarts with SEnds with M3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Small flowing waterway; also a continuous flow.

Word origin

From Middle English streem, strem, from Old English strēam, from Proto-West Germanic *straum, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz (“stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *srowmos (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow”). Doublet of rheum.

Used in a sentence

  • Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].
  • European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
  • He poured the milk in a thin stream from the jug to the glass.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Flowing creek6 letters
02Small flowing waterway6 letters
03Flow of water6 letters

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