streambed

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

streambed (plural streambeds)

  2. (hydrology) A channel through which a stream flows or used to flow.
    Hypernyms: bed < site, place, location
    Coordinate terms: lakebed; seabed, oceanbed
    Near-synonyms: riverbed, creekbed
    • 2007 April 1, Thomas Harlan, The Shadow of Ararat: Book One of 'The Oath of Empire'‎[1], page 294:
      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 November 7, Felicity Barringer, “Private Efforts to Preserve the Coast”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 January 2025:
      The easement restricts construction and will keep cattle mostly away from sensitive streambeds.

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