frozen stream
Winterized flowing water
A frozen stream is a stream whose surface has turned to ice, typically during winter.
The phrase is literal and descriptive rather than idiomatic: We crossed the frozen stream on foot.
It appears in nature writing, poetry, and accounts of winter landscapes.
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
- water's edgeLand-liquid boundary
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- dead of winterColdest part of year
cold snap · thaw · spring thaw · ice · thin ice · ice fishing · glacier · cold · still · silent · snowmelt · frost · ice crystals · brittle · cracking · meltwater · brooklet · crystalline
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