small creek

collocation in English

meaningsofsmallandcreek

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small
adjective
uk
/smɔːl/us
/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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creek
noun[C]
uk
/kriːk/us
/kriːk/
mainly UK
a narrow area of water that flows into the land from the sea, a ...
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(Definition ofsmallandcreekfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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During the wet season asmallcreekflows out of the lake.
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It is situated on a sandy point near asmallcreek.
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Eckendorff is located near the bottom of asmallcreekwith a church that has a non-arched belfry.
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Asmallcreekcrossing used to be required, but a bridge has been built over the creek.
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Now only asmallcreekflows in what is left of this large valley.
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Thesmallcreekmay look like a harmless water but can quickly get flooded due to high water or strong rain.
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It has no major geographic features except asmallcreekon the edge of town, near a cemetery containing many old graves.
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Seasonal water is available from asmallcreekin the saddle area however this should not be relied upon.
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Asmallcreekruns through the north end of the park.
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The roadway proceeds northwestward a short distance, before bending southward along asmallcreek.
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It flows southwestward and receives asmallcreekfrom the right bank.
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This road was an unimproved dirt route with a primitive bridge over asmallcreeknear the middle of it.
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The site is a 40acre ha parcel near asmallcreekabout 15 ft below the house.
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The land to the west is wooded, with asmallcreekflowing north-south across the land.
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The river (actually asmallcreek) was polluted by the colonists and eventually they began to die of thirst.
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The town received its name in 1868 when a group of prospectors lost a pincer in thesmallcreekat this location.
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The highway proceeds eastward from the border, traveling parallel to asmallcreek.
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It features scrub-covered ground, traversed by a bike trail and asmallcreek.
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It heads to the northeast, paralleling asmallcreekas it progresses through the rural town consisting mostly of cultivated fields.
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Gasoline from the rupture sprayed downhill, and ran off into asmallcreek.
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