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- Dictionaryrunnel/ˈrʌnl/
noun
- 1. a gutter: "muddy lanes with runnels for effluent"
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an amount of liquid that is flowing: A runnel of sweat began to trickle down his forehead. His tanned skin glistened with runnels of water. UK. a channel (= passage) that water flows along : He was bending over the stone runnel where it came into the garden from outside.
noun. run· nel ˈrə-nᵊl. Synonyms of runnel. : rivulet, streamlet. Synonyms. beck [ British] bourne. brooklet. burn [ British] creek. gill [ British] rill. rivulet. run [ chiefly Midland] runlet. streamlet. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of runnel in a Sentence.
4 days ago · Noun. [ edit] runnel (plural runnels) A small stream, a rivulet . A small artificial channel for water to flow in. Translations. [ edit] ± small stream. Verb. [ edit] runnel (third-person singular simple present runnels, present participle (UK) runnelling or (US) runneling, simple past and past participle (UK) runnelled or (US) runneled)
Runnel definition: a small stream; brook; rivulet.. See examples of RUNNEL used in a sentence.
A very small stream is a runnel. You might entertain yourself by floating tiny paper boats down the runnel that streams through the woods behind your house. In Old English a stream was a ryne, and a teeny tiny stream was a rynel, the source of runnel. You could also call it a "rivulet," "channel," or "streamlet."
Define runnel. runnel synonyms, runnel pronunciation, runnel translation, English dictionary definition of runnel. n. 1. A rivulet; a brook. 2. A narrow channel or course, as for water. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright ©...
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16: from Old English rynele; related to run. Word Frequency. runnel in American English. (ˈrʌnəl ) noun. 1. a small stream; rivulet. 2. a small channel or watercourse. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Definition of runnel noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A small channel or watercourse. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: streamlet. run. rill. rivulet. Other Word Forms of Runnel. Noun. Singular: runnel. Plural: runnels. Origin of Runnel. An alteration of an earlier form rinel (from Old English rynel, by assimilation with run, equivalent to run +"Ž -el. From Wiktionary.
runnel in American English. (ˈrʌnəl ) noun. 1. a small stream; rivulet. 2. a small channel or watercourse. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
