creek

About 15.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.
2. noun The inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
3. noun A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
4. noun Any turn or winding.

Similar words

brook stream river lake ria watershed cove gutter water ratchet

Often followed by

and in to was is on at road valley

Word family

Creek Creeks creeks