creek
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,718 of 86,584 words measured. It occurs 48,006 times across 411,287 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) also: brook the creek dried up every summer
- any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
creek in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Dick here, Ned and Kate, go at him from Wandong Creek side.
The Ghost Camp · Rolf Boldrewood · Chapter 3
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It will cut straight through the creek course, as the crow flies.
The Hallowell Partnership · Katharine Holland Brown · Chapter 1
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There was a capacious fireplace, cunningly built out of rounded stones from the creek bed.
A backwoods princess · Hulbert Footner · Chapter 1
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The town is beautifully situated, having the Oneida Creek, running from south to north through its centre.
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Paul Cuffe, a Pequot Indian · Paul Cuffe · Chapter 1
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Let's see, now, whut was the name of the feller he killed that time out there at Cache Creek Crossin's?
Sundry Accounts · Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb · Chapter 1