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streamlet

[ streem-lit ]

/ ˈstrim lɪt /

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noun

a small stream; rivulet.

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Origin of streamlet

First recorded in 1545–55; stream + -let

Words nearby streamlet

streamer, streamer fly, streamflow, streaming, streaming potential, streamlet, streamline, streamlined, streamline flow, streamliner, stream of consciousness

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How to use streamlet in a sentence

The mighty rushing torrent is the fashion, but who can do the wimpling, dimpling streamlet?
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
By these hornbeam trees a little streamlet flows out from the copse and under the road by a culvert.
The Hills and the Vale|Richard Jefferies
As I watched, a silvery streamlet broke away and came running down the wheel track.
Roof and Meadow|Dallas Lore Sharp
Here on our right hand a streamlet is falling from the giddy height of a thousand feet above us.
Letters from Switzerland|Samuel Irenus Prime

The bough could not speak for the same reason that the oak could not; but it bent down towards the streamlet.
Wood Magic|Richard Jefferies