streambed

Other forms: streambeds

Definitions of streambed
  1. noun
    a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream
    synonyms: creek bed
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    types:
    dry wash, wash
    the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
    type of:
    bed, bottom
    a depression forming the ground under a body of water
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