| NOUN | object | creek, brook | a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) |
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| person | Creek | any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma |
| Sounds | kriy'k | |
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| Rhymes | antique ... wreak: 54 rhymes with iyk... | |
| Meaning | A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river). | |
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| Example | "the creek dried up every summer" | |
| Synonym | brook | |
| Instances | Aegospotami, Aegospotamos | A creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey |
| Bull Run | A creek in northeastern Virginia / Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War | |
| Narrower | brooklet | A small brook |
| Broader | stream, watercourse | A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth |
| Spanish | arroyo, caleta, riachuelo | |
| Catalan | cala, rierol | |
| Meaning | Any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma. | |
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| Broader | Amerindian, Native American | Any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived |
| Spanish | Creek | |
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