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- Dictionaryrivulet/ˈrɪvjʊlɪt/
noun
- 1. a small stream of water or another liquid: "sweat ran in rivulets down his back"
- 2. a brownish European moth with white markings, occurring in rough grassland.
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A rivulet is a narrow stream of liquid located on a solid surface and sharing a cnrve'd interface with the surrounding gas. From the Cambridge English Corpus In its disturbed state a rivulet has contact lines that are not straight lines but are corrugated curves that can move normal to themselves.
noun. riv· u· let ˈri-vyə-lət. -və- Synonyms of rivulet. : a small stream. Synonyms. beck [ British] bourne. brooklet. burn [ British] creek. gill [ British] rill. run [ chiefly Midland] runlet. runnel. streamlet. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of rivulet in a Sentence. small rivulets trickled down the side of the cliff.
a very small stream or flow of liquid: Rivulets of sweat / rain / blood ran down his face. Synonyms. dribble (SLOW FLOW) drip (LIQUID) flow (MOVEMENT) stream (CONTINUOUS FLOW) trickle (LIQUID) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Watercourses & waterfalls. amazon. arroyo. beck. bourne. brook. canalization. cascade. cataract. Congo. crick.
Rivulet definition: a small stream; streamlet; brook.. See examples of RIVULET used in a sentence.
rivulet in British English. (ˈrɪvjʊlɪt ) noun. a small stream. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16: from Italian rivoletto, from Latin rīvulus, from rīvus stream. Word Frequency.
A rivulet is a small stream. A rivulet is to a river as a baby is to an adult. There are several ways to remember this word. One is the similarity of its sound to "river." Another is the suffix -let, which indicates small things. For example, a piglet is a small pig or baby pig.
Definition of rivulet noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define rivulet. rivulet synonyms, rivulet pronunciation, rivulet translation, English dictionary definition of rivulet. n. A small brook or stream; a streamlet.
noun. rivulets. A little stream; brook. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: streamlet. runnel. rill. runlet. channel. bourn. stream. river. creek. brook. Other Word Forms of Rivulet. Noun. Singular: rivulet. Plural: rivulets. Origin of Rivulet.
noun. a small stream. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16: from Italian rivoletto, from Latin rīvulus, from rīvus stream.
