streambed

[ streem-bed ]

noun
  1. the channel in which a stream flows or formerly flowed.

Origin of streambed

1
First recorded in 1855–60; stream + bed

Words Nearby streambed

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How to use streambed in a sentence

  • Morning dawned gloomily; there was a light mist hanging over the streambed, and much of the sky was turgid with clouds.

    Attrition | Jim Wannamaker
  • Then they topped the bank of a wide shallow dry streambed and saw the remnants of other safari below them.

    The Leopard Woman | Stewart Edward White