Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The channel through which a natural stream of water runs or used to run.
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- noun A
channel through which astream flows or used to flow.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream
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Examples
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The trickle of water along a streambed is the norm to me - our streams only fill up after rainstorms!
Locations: Kinder Scout, Derbyshire Carla 2010
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The streambed was a good four cubits below the road surface, and the smoothed and curved surfaces of the boulders and stones around which the stream flowed showed that it often was wild and deep.
The Death of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1995
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That's because your feet would be resting on the streambed, which is privately owned as well.
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That's because your feet would be resting on the streambed, which is privately owned as well.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local rstrouts 2010
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That's because your feet would be resting on the streambed, which is privately owned as well.
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In addition to terrain-friendly bottom-sides, there are soles for any kind of streambed you could imagine:
Gizmodo Joe Brown 2010
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In addition to terrain-friendly bottom-sides, there are soles for any kind of streambed you could imagine:
Gizmodo Joe Brown 2010
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For overflow, create an outlet through the berm with unperforated drainage pipe, feeding it into a dry pool or "streambed" of crushed rock behind the berm.
Kitsap Sun Stories 2009
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He swiftly caught up to her as she tore along a streambed, farther and farther into a narrowing canyon.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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He swiftly caught up to her as she tore along a streambed, farther and farther into a narrowing canyon.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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