Vast forests have disappeared from mountain spurs and ridges;[…] rivers famous in history and song have shrunk to humble brooklets; […]
Source: wiktionary
Brooklet
Synonyms for "brooklet" (29 found)
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2 entriesCollocations
6 entriesclear brookletmurmuring brookletquiet brookletshallow brookletsparkling brookletsunlit brooklet
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesdiminutivediminutive form
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
There was a very light off-shore wind and scarcely any breakers, so that the approach to the shore was continued without finding bottom; yet though we were already quite close, we saw no indication of any indention in the coast from which even a tiny brooklet might issue, and certainly no mouth of a large river such as this must necessarily be to freshen the ocean even two hundred yards from shore.
Source: wiktionary