creek bed

American  

[kreek bed] / ˈkrik ˌbɛd /

Or creekbed or creek-bed

noun

1. the bottom of a creek; the channel in which a creek flows or once flowed.

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Example Sentences

Arriving by helicopter on 11 September, his team searched a series of compounds near a dry creek bed, capturing three detainees, the court documents say.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Investigating the smell, she ventured about 50 feet off the dirt road, toward heavy woods, where she peered into a tree-lined creek bed.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Locals tried for several years to get government officials to clear the creek bed to prevent more flooding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Those doubts have only grown through the fall because residents keep seeing a chemical sheen atop the creeks that flow through town anytime they stir up the sediment on the creek bed.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024

Of stones in the creek bed, all of them different shades of gray.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby