streambed
nounEtymology From stream + bed. Compare Dutch stroombed (“channel, streambed”), German Strombett (“channel”), Swedish strömbädd (“gully, ditch”).
- Near-synonyms: riverbed, creekbed
- Thirty feet below her, where the Persians were crashing through the brush, the streambed kinked to the left side of the ravine and ran under an enormous thorn tree with a thick base.2007 April 1, Thomas Harlan, The Shadow of Ararat: Book One of 'The Oath of Empire', page 294:
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- The easement restricts construction and will keep cattle mostly away from sensitive streambeds.2007 November 7, Felicity Barringer, “Private Efforts to Preserve the Coast”, in New York Times: