streambed

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

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streambed (plural streambeds)

  1. A channel through which a stream flows or used to flow.
    • 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 New York Times[2]:
      The easement restricts construction and will keep cattle mostly away from sensitive streambeds.

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