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brooks

/bɹʊks/

brooks is the plural of brook.

brooks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brook.

Meaning of brook

Noun

brook (plural brooks)

  1. (Northeastern, US, parts of UK) A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
    • empties itself, as doth an inland brook / into the main of watersc. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (Kent, Sussex) A water meadow, or (in the plural) low, marshy ground.

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Proper noun capitalized: Brooks

Brooks

  1. A topographic surname from Middle English, variant of Brook.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A city in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.
  4. A hamlet in Boconnoc parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1560).
  5. A locality in Berriew community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO1499).
  6. An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama.
  7. An unincorporated community in Saline County, Arkansas.
  8. A census-designated place in Yolo County, California.
  9. A town in Fayette County, Georgia.
  10. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Iowa.
  11. A census-designated place in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
  12. A town in Waldo County, Maine.
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  1. A township in Newaygo County, Michigan.
  2. A minor city in Red Lake County, Minnesota.
  3. A census-designated place in Fergus County, Montana.
  4. A census-designated place in Marion County, Oregon.
  5. A neighbourhood of San Antonio, Texas.
  6. An unincorporated community in the town of New Chester, Adams County, Wisconsin, originally named Brookings.

Forms of brooks

alternative formBrook

Words formed from brooks

Phrases with brooks

Words that rhyme with brooks

Questions about brooks

What does brooks mean?
Brooks means a topographic surname from Middle English, variant of Brook.
What is brooks the plural of?
Brooks is the plural of brook.
What part of speech is brooks?
Brooks is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce brooks?
Brooks is pronounced /bɹʊks/.

Words near brooks in the dictionary

  1. Brookner
  2. Brookners
  3. Brookong
  4. Brookover
  5. Brookovers
  6. brooks
  7. Brooks Bay
  8. Brooks County
  9. Brooks Range
  10. Brooks's law
  11. Brooksbank

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brooks (page history and authors); Brooks (page history and authors); brook (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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