rivulet
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈrɪvjʊlɪt/
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riachuelo
- Trickles of dirty water ran down it, joining in polluted rivulets at the base.
- a small rivulet
Just kind of knowing, you know, I'm, I've, you know, I've created a little rivulet and a bigger stream.
- Just kind of knowing, you know, I'm, I've, you know, I've created a little rivulet and a bigger stream.
- There are these recurring slope lineae, which is geology expression for what look like rivulets, look like little rivers.
- I smile at her veins plump rivulets slate blue, pleasingly straight.
Examples
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The exposed sea bottom was rippled, the silver mud scored with rivulets of water running out to sea.
Fiction book (1999) -
The sweat of the leather-clad multitudes packed inside ran in dank rivulets down the walls.
Fiction book (1996) -
There was the dry, dusty sky above, and some little rivulet opening up below.
Fiction book (2001) -
Carl used his left hand and forearm to dam the rivulet for a better look.
Fiction book (1999) -
Water ran down the walls in rivulets, turning the floor into a mire.
Fiction book (1992) -
A small puddle of blood drips and becomes a rivulet running down into the creek.
Fiction book (1993) -
The street's gutters were rivulets of papery trash, highlighted with the signature yellow of M&M wrappers.
Fiction book (1998) -
The children played in the shallow rivulet, splashing water on each other.
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After the rain, a small rivulet formed along the pathway, making it slippery.
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As we hiked, we followed a rivulet that guided us through the lush forest.
Synonyms
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4.5
A small fast stream of water in the countryside
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8.6
A tiny stream of water that flows across the ground
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8.2
A small narrow stream of water that flows across the land
A very small stream that flows through a field or woods
A small narrow stream of water like a tiny brook
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
rivulet = rivu + let
Contains the diminutive suffix '-let' signalling a smaller form, but the base 'rivu' is not a standalone modern English word (borrowed from Latin), so the decomposition is partly guessable but not fully transparent to all learners.
Etymology
The word rivulet comes from the Latin rivus, meaning 'stream', plus the ending -let, which means 'small', like in piglet. So a rivulet is a 'small stream', literally a little river, which is why it means a very small flow of water.