runnel
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈrʌnəl/
:
canalillo
- In the mountains, the air was cold, the dirt road still hard, but runnels trickled in the drainage ditches from the hours of high sun warming the snow.
- runnels of rain
- little runnels
Examples
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After the rain, small runnels formed in the dirt, channeling water toward the garden.
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As I walked along the trail, I noticed a runnel that had been carved by years of flowing water.
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"By a tiny runnel, off the way
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" It creates an easy runnel.
Academic text (2011) -
The sun traced bright runnels of sweat down his cheek.
Fiction book (2002) -
The shaft grew damper as he descended, until the water flowed in runnels along the walls.
Fiction book (1992) -
Rain streamed from the highway to carve twisted runnels in the graveled berm.
Fiction book (1999) -
The children played near a runnel, watching the water flow and imagining it was a river.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small, narrow flow of water on the ground
57
3.8
A deep narrow waterway that ships can use
37
4.5
A small fast stream of water in the countryside
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7.7
A very small stream of water
3
8.6
A tiny stream of water that flows across the ground
A small narrow stream of water like a tiny brook
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word runnel comes from the old English root run, meaning 'to run', plus the small ending -el that makes something little. So, a runnel is like a 'little run' of water, a narrow channel where water runs.