brooknoun [ C ]
uk/brʊk/us/brʊk/a small stream:
I could hear the sound of a babbling brook.
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Watercourses & waterfalls
- arroyo
- barrage
- bayou
- beck
- burn
- cascade
- creek
- downriver
- Euphrates
- ghat
- gully
- headwater
- Mississippi
- rapids
- rivulet
- sluice
- spate
- upriver
- watercourse
- watershed
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brookverb
uk/brʊk/us/brʊk/formalbrook no sth/not brook sth
to not allow or accept something, especially a difference of opinion or intention:
She won't brook any criticism of her work.
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Allowing and permitting
- admit of sth
- allow
- allow of sth
- allowable
- authorization
- authorize
- concession
- green
- leave
- let
- let sb/sth in
- let sb/sth out
- licence
- license
- mandate
- OK
- open the floodgates idiom
- sanction
- submit
- unlicensed
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