Definition of Streamlet

1. Noun. A small stream.

Exact synonyms: Rill, Rivulet, Run, Runnel
Generic synonyms: Stream, Watercourse
Derivative terms: Run, Stream

Definition of Streamlet

1. n. A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.

Definition of Streamlet

1. Noun. A small stream. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Streamlet

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Streamlet

streamer fly
streamers
streamertail
streamertails
streames
streamflow
streamflows
streamful
streamier
streamiest
streaminess
streaming
streamingly
streamings
streamless
streamlet (current term)
streamlets
streamlike
streamline
streamline flow
streamlined
streamliner
streamliners
streamlines
streamlining
streams
streamscape
streamscapes
streamside
streamsides

Literary usage of Streamlet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Miscellaneous Poems by George H. Coomer (1851)
"THE streamlet. Why wilt thou seek the ocean, That rolls in fearful glee ? ... The streamlet said, I know not If I may help the sea, Perchance its billows ..."

2. The Poems of Charles Fenno Hoffman by Charles Fenno Hoffman (1873)
"THE streamlet. HOW silently yon streamlet slides From out the twilight-shaded bowers ! How, soft as sleep, it onward glides In sunshine through its dreaming ..."

3. Magyar Poetry: Selections from Hungarian Poets by William N. Loew, Sándor Petőfi (1899)
"My soul was then a streamlet, pure and clear, A mirror of the laughing sky above; ... The streamlet has become a swollen stream; Its whispers, silver clear, ..."

4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"This little streamlet, therefore, is a silver thread connecting two great oceans three thousand miles apart. Accordingly, one might easily fancy that every ..."

5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"This little streamlet, therefore, is a silver thread connecting two great oceans three thousand miles apart. Accordingly, one might easily fancy that every ..."

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