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WATERCOURSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conduit through which water flows
Synonyms:
watercourse; waterway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("watercourse" is a kind of...):
way (any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "watercourse"):
canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)
flume (watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs)
headrace (a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine)
tailrace (a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
Synonyms:
stream; watercourse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("watercourse" is a kind of...):
body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))
Meronyms (parts of "watercourse"):
crossing; ford (a shallow area in a stream that can be forded)
meander (a bend or curve, as in a stream or river)
midstream (the middle of a stream)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "watercourse"):
branch (a stream or river connected to a larger one)
brook; creek (a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river))
headstream (a stream that forms the source of a river)
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
rill; rivulet; run; runnel; streamlet (a small stream)
tidal river; tidal stream; tidewater river; tidewater stream (a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Natural or artificial channel through which water flows
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("watercourse" is a kind of...):
channel (a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels)
