rivulet

[ riv-yuh-lit ]

/ ˈrɪv yə lɪt /

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noun

a small stream; streamlet; brook.

Origin of rivulet

1580–90; earlier rivolet<Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo<Latin rīvulus small stream

Words nearby rivulet

Riviera Beach, rivière, Rivière-du-Loup, Rivinus gland, Rivinus incisure, rivulet, rivulus, rix-dollar, Riyadh, riyal, Rizal

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Example sentences from the Web for rivulet

They flow wideningly around the hard turnings of the house with the grace of a rivulet.
The Amateur Garden|George W. Cable
Before they reached them, however, they encountered the ravine through which the rivulet here ran.
Under Wellington's Command|G. A. Henty
At least twenty times she trembled violently when a little stone rolled in the rivulet, or a prowling animal jumped over the wall.
The Dream|Emile Zola
I remarked that the one containing the chief priest had fallen into a rivulet, as if fate was not tired of drowning him.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan|James Morier

The fiction of Camons, founded on the popular name of the rivulet, is in the spirit of Homer.
The Lusiad|Lus de Cames

British Dictionary definitions for rivulet

rivulet

/ (ˈrɪvjʊlɪt) /

noun

a small stream

Word Origin for rivulet

C16: from Italian rivoletto, from Latin rīvulus, from rīvus stream

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单词	rivulet
释义	rivulet [ riv-yuh-lit ] / ˈrɪv yə lɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rivulet ON THESAURUS.COM noun a small stream; streamlet; brook. Origin of rivulet 1580–90; earlier rivolet<Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo<Latin rīvulus small stream Words nearby rivulet Riviera Beach, rivière, Rivière-du-Loup, Rivinus gland, Rivinus incisure, rivulet, rivulus, rix-dollar, Riyadh, riyal, Rizal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rivulet They flow wideningly around the hard turnings of the house with the grace of a rivulet. The Amateur Garden\|George W. Cable Before they reached them, however, they encountered the ravine through which the rivulet here ran. Under Wellington's Command\|G. A. Henty At least twenty times she trembled violently when a little stone rolled in the rivulet, or a prowling animal jumped over the wall. The Dream\|Emile Zola I remarked that the one containing the chief priest had fallen into a rivulet, as if fate was not tired of drowning him. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan\|James Morier The fiction of Camons, founded on the popular name of the rivulet, is in the spirit of Homer. The Lusiad\|Lus de Cames British Dictionary definitions for rivulet rivulet / (ˈrɪvjʊlɪt) / noun a small stream Word Origin for rivulet C16: from Italian rivoletto, from Latin rīvulus, from rīvus stream Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rivulet rill, creek, stream, brook, channel, river, bourn, runnel, streamlet, runlet
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rivulet

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British Dictionary definitions for rivulet

noun

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