creek
IPA: krˈik
noun
- (Britain) A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
- Any turn or winding.
- One of a Native American tribe from the Southeastern United States, also known as the Muscogee.
- The Muskogean language of the Creek tribe.
- A surname.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Creek tribe.
Advertisement
Examples of "creek" in Sentences
- The Starve Creek is a river of the Bahamas.
- The Little Grassy Creek is a river of the Bahamas.
- See the Bushy Creek Trail and the Koonung Creek Trail.
- The county is drained by the Feather River and Butte Creek.
- The reservoir is fed by two streams, Turkey Creek and Moccasin Creek.
- It is situated on the Serpentine Creek, a tributary of the Loddon River.
- The Red Willow Creek is a tributary of the Republican River in Nebraska.
- Pleas check the location of the Chickamauga creek entering the TN river.
- Over the divide at the head of this creek is a tributary of the Big Windy.
- The Nanticoke Creek flows southward from the town to the Susquehanna River.
- The creek joins with the Colo River at the upper reaches of the Colo Gorge.
- Yes | No | Report from mmtranberg wrote 27 weeks 3 days ago mine is 15 in creek about 20 feet wide
- When the mills here would be standing and all, why we'd just mess around, go on what they called the creek over there.
- Yes | No | Report from RylieGipson wrote 2 days 11 hours ago there's a book how to build tree houses huts and forts if the creek is big enough make a raft.
- The weather was so excellent yesteray -- cold and windy and grey -- that I took Big Dog for a walk over to the field by what I call the creek and what is actually, of course, a storm drain.
- Group ‘A’ says the creek is rising and the little town of Hooterville must spend half of its much needed funds to correct before a huge tragic flood consumes all (taking money from schools, roads and hospitals)
- We're on our walk, over the Interstate Overpass, down by what I call the creek -- it's actuall more like a storm drain, but it collects rocks and pebbles at this bit where it curves, and I like to take the kid there so I can mess around in the rocks.