creeks

noun

plural of creek
1
as in brooks
a natural body of running water smaller than a river the shallow creek that runs in back of our house

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2
as in estuaries
chiefly British a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline explored many of the creeks along the Cornwall coast of England

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Recent Examples of creeks Though Sarnia’s industrial corridor is downstream from Lake Huron, several drainage ditches in the area are connected to creeks that flow into the lake, Corcoran said in an interview. — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 In Wilmington, officials are looking into why a couple of polluted tidal creeks in the area are struggling to recover despite restoration efforts. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 That could look like flooding of rivers, creeks, streams and low-lying areas or areas with poor drainage. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2026 Some of the emergencies are tied to creeks and rivers leaving their banks, others are because roads have washed out and some were triggered by a combination of flooding, power outages and other hazards. — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 15 Aug. 2026 For others, some roads are likely to flood and creeks and streams could also overflow their banks. — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 The trail meanders along seasonal creeks that spring alive in winter. — Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026 If storm activity develops further west and occurs within 60 to 90 minutes, urban flooding could occur, along with flash flooding on creeks and streams in the metro. — Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 Life threatening flooding of low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses continues. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creeks
  1. brooks
  2. estuaries
  3. bays
  4. coves
Noun
  • The surrounding 23 acres the estate sits on are full of trails ripe for exploring, too, and take visitors past historic stone walls, cemeteries, and babbling brooks.
    — Blair West, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Insects drone over running brooks.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of brooks
Noun
  • Nicknamed the Emerald Coast, this land has miles of golden-sand beach on one side, mangrove estuaries, evergreen rainforest, and Sierra Madre mountains on the other.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
  • Among the dishes is blue crab plucked from the water tableside, then served rillette-style using fat from the restaurant’s estuaries.
    — Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 June 2026
Definition of estuaries
Noun
  • Yet the bigger story sits inside the facility’s simulator bays.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
  • This sense of place, of Mallorca, its bays, clouds, Rafa’s family, his sense of ease with them, or his playing with his little son, make for some of the strongest impacts in the series.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of bays
Noun
  • The Spain property sits above two of the northern Costa Brava’s quieter coves, the deep water of Platja Fonda directly below and the turquoise bay of Aiguablava just beyond, with a private gate opening onto the sand.
    — Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • These form the spine of the book, interwoven with descriptions of swims of varying lengths in a very wide range of locales—rivers, waterfalls, ponds, different coves and beaches, each different and beautifully captured for the reader.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of coves

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“Creeks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creeks. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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