creek
111creek fern — noun Etymology: creek (I) : a stout New Zealand fern (Lomaria fluviatilis) with a large crown of numerous pinnate fronds …
112creek gum — noun : any of several Australian eucalypts (as Eucalyptus gunnii and E. rostrata) * * * creek gum, a gum tree of Australia …
113creek thatch — noun Etymology: creek (I) : any grass of the genus Spartina …
114creek — noun Etymology: Middle English crike, creke, from Old Norse kriki bend Date: 13th century 1. chiefly British a small inlet or bay narrower and extending farther inland than a cove 2. a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often… …
115creek — noun /kriːk,krik,krɪk/ a) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river. b) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook. Syn …
116creek — Synonyms and related words: adolescent stream, arm, armlet, arroyo, bay, bayou, beck, belt, bight, boca, bourn, braided stream, branch, brook, brooklet, burn, channel, cove, crawl, creep, crick, ditch, edge, estuary, euripus, fjord, flowing… …
117Creek — ISO 639 3 Code : mus ISO 639 2/B Code : mus ISO 639 2/T Code : mus ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living …
118creek — [ streams ] (not preferred: refer to intermittent stream) A general term used throughout the USA (except New England), Canada, and Australia for a small, intermittent stream that is larger than a brook but smaller than a river. GG …
119creek — creak …
120creek — kriËk n. stream, brook; cove, inlet …
