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noun

brook

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with brook, each labelled with its topic.

  • The path follows a brook for two miles, crossing it on stepping stones wherever the bank grows too steep.

    Travel

  • Shooting the brook at a slow shutter turns the water into a smooth ribbon and the rocks into dark islands.

    Photography

  • The poem places the cottage beside a brook, and the sound of water runs under every stanza.

    Literature

  • Volunteers cleared a mile of the brook so trout could reach the gravel beds upstream to spawn.

    Environment

  • The painter set up beside the same brook every morning, chasing the way light broke on the shallow riffles.

    Art

  • The mill drew its power from the brook, and the village grew up around the spot where the wheel turned.

    History

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