creek bank
Water's land margin
A creek bank is the sloping ground that forms the edge of a creek, where land meets water.
The term appears in rural and outdoor contexts: We sat on the creek bank fishing, The path follows the creek bank for about a mile.
In regions where creek is pronounced "crick," the phrase often sounds like "crick bank."
- muddyObscured by silt
- willowsSalix genus trees
- erosionGradual wearing away
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- fishing holeFavored angling location
reeds · shallow · embankment · cattails · minnows · sandy · slope · wading · bare feet · pebbles · shoreline · overflow · roots · rope swing · tadpoles · meandering · sediment · high water mark
- outdoor placespark, yard, backyard, front yard, shore
- shorelinesbeach, shore, shoreline, coastline, coast
- streamsideriverbank, streambank, streamside, willow, willows
- creeksbrook, mountain brook, babbling brook, rivulet, rill
- riversMississippi, Amazon, river, rivers, Nile