creeknoun [ C ]
uk/kriːk/us/kriːk/a narrow area of water that flows into the land from the sea, a lake, etc.
US a stream or narrow river
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Watercourses & waterfalls
- arroyo
- barrage
- bayou
- beck
- brook
- burn
- cascade
- downriver
- Euphrates
- ghat
- gully
- headwater
- Mississippi
- rapids
- rivulet
- sluice
- spate
- upriver
- watercourse
- watershed
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Idiom(s)
up the creek