clear stream
See-through flowing water
A clear stream is a body of flowing water transparent enough to see through—the streambed visible, the water unpolluted.
The phrase appears in pastoral descriptions and environmental contexts: We stopped to drink from a clear stream.
It can serve as a measure of water quality or simply evoke unspoiled nature.
- babbling brookSmall stream making sounds
- brookSmall flowing watercourse
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
- waterClear essential liquid
running water · flowing · pebbles · smooth stones · trout · fly fishing · ripple · transparent · pure · gurgling · shallow · cold · pristine · rocks · streambed · current · trickling · mountain
- mountain streamsmountain brook, mountain river, mountain spring, headwaters, headwater
- streamscreek, brook, rivers, tributary, creeks
- small streamsbrook, creek, rill, rivulet, runnel
water flow and vitality
clear streamstagnant pool
Unmoving body of water
stagnant water · dead water · standing water · backwater · brackish water
clear, stream, clearly, clearer, clearest, clearness, clarity, clearing, cleared