Rivulet
noun
A small stream of water or another liquid.
We followed the path alongside a small rivulet that led us to the lake.
Often appears as...
- trickle down in a rivulet
- stream into rivulets
noun
A small stream of water or another liquid.
We followed the path alongside a small rivulet that led us to the lake.
Often appears as...
- trickle down in a rivulet
- stream into rivulets
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Small Size
The term 'rivulet' suggests the water body is very tiny compared to a river.
A rivulet wound its way through the garden, hardly wider than a stride.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Setting
Rivulets often appear in natural landscapes and are described in nature-scapes.
Wildflowers lined the banks of the little rivulet cascading down the hill.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Imagery
Use 'rivulet' to create vivid images, especially in poetic or descriptive writing.
Tiny rivulets of rainwater created intricate patterns on the windowpane.
Pro Tip 1/3Small Size
The term 'rivulet' suggests the water body is very tiny compared to a river.
A rivulet wound its way through the garden, hardly wider than a stride.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Setting
Rivulets often appear in natural landscapes and are described in nature-scapes.
Wildflowers lined the banks of the little rivulet cascading down the hill.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Imagery
Use 'rivulet' to create vivid images, especially in poetic or descriptive writing.
Tiny rivulets of rainwater created intricate patterns on the windowpane.
Pro Tip 1/3Small Size
The term 'rivulet' suggests the water body is very tiny compared to a river.
A rivulet wound its way through the garden, hardly wider than a stride.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Setting
Rivulets often appear in natural landscapes and are described in nature-scapes.
Wildflowers lined the banks of the little rivulet cascading down the hill.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Imagery
Use 'rivulet' to create vivid images, especially in poetic or descriptive writing.
Tiny rivulets of rainwater created intricate patterns on the windowpane.
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Video examples
How Finding This Human...
to maybe think about that story again in a different way. Not only is the tree much bushier, maybe, than we originally thought about it, but our family tree may not actually be a bush at all. What we may be looking at is more like a river delta; a whole bunch of rivulets coming down from a common source;
Video examples
Anupam Mishra: The...
Such a limited rainfall, and highest colorful life flourished in these areas. You won't find water in this slide. But it is invisible. Somewhere a stream or a rivulet
Video examples
How Finding This Human...
to maybe think about that story again in a different way. Not only is the tree much bushier, maybe, than we originally thought about it, but our family tree may not actually be a bush at all. What we may be looking at is more like a river delta; a whole bunch of rivulets coming down from a common source;
Video examples
Anupam Mishra: The...
Such a limited rainfall, and highest colorful life flourished in these areas. You won't find water in this slide. But it is invisible. Somewhere a stream or a rivulet
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Alice Oswald
British Poet
It's a relief to hear the rain. It's the sound of billions of drops, all equal, all equally committed to falling, like a sudden outbreak of democracy. Water, when it hits the ground, instantly becomes a puddle or rivulet or flood.
Quote examples
Alice Oswald
British Poet
It's a relief to hear the rain. It's the sound of billions of drops, all equal, all equally committed to falling, like a sudden outbreak of democracy. Water, when it hits the ground, instantly becomes a puddle or rivulet or flood.
Example 1 of 1
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