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streambed

streambed noun: a channel through which a stream flows or used to flow.

Noun

streambed (plural streambeds)

  1. A channel through which a stream flows or used to flow.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    riverbed, creekbed

Synonyms of streambed

Forms of streambed

pluralstreambeds
alternative formstream bed

Origin of streambed

From stream + bed. Compare Dutch stroombed (“channel, streambed”), German Strombett (“channel”), Swedish strömbädd (“gully, ditch”).

Questions about streambed

What does streambed mean?
Streambed means a channel through which a stream flows or used to flow.
What part of speech is streambed?
Streambed is a noun.
What is the plural of streambed?
The plural of streambed is streambeds.

Words near streambed in the dictionary

  1. stream-works
  2. streamable
  3. streambait
  4. streambank
  5. streambanks
  6. streambed
  7. streambeds
  8. streamcipher
  9. streamciphers
  10. streamcreeper
  11. streamcreepers

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