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View definitions for runnel

runnel

noun as in brook

noun as in creek

noun as in gutter

noun as in race

noun as in rill

noun as in river

noun as in rivulet

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Example Sentences

Clear water trickled through a wooden runnel into a great stone trough outside near the door.

Thus it is possible that a runnel of the blood of "le grand monarque" tripped through Burton's veins.

It took me the whole day to reach the patch,—which I found indeed a forest—but not a rudiment of brook or runnel had I crossed!

Peebles had disappeared; Dake lay in his rags on the ground; Runnel rocked slowly, like a pendulum, in his ceaseless pain.

And I stood on the curb watching the iridescent ooze of the sewage in a runnel of the street seep along like a sick snake.

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On this page you'll find 123 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to runnel, such as: beck, branch, burn, creek, rill, and river.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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