runlet

Wee water channel

A runlet is a small stream or rivulet—a narrow channel of flowing water.

The word is literary and seldom encountered: A runlet trickled through the mossy rocks.

Runlet can also refer to a small cask or barrel, typically holding about fifteen gallons, though this sense is archaic.

stream

rivulet

Very small stream

streamlet · creek · burn · beck · gill · bourn · freshet · branch · anabranch · watercourse

smallness

droplet

Tiny liquid sphere

  • beadPierced ornament for threading
  • threadFiber for stitching
  • ribbonSlender ornamental strip

rivulet · rill · wisp · sliver · trickle · trace · hint · mere · scant · thin

flow

trickle

Thin, slow stream

ooze · percolate · seep · weep · leak · discharge · outflow · efflux · filtrate · transude

Opposites
size/scale of watercourse

runletriver

Large flowing watercourse

Amazon River · Mississippi River · Nile · ocean · sea

water flow intensity

runlettorrent

Violent rushing flow

rapids · cataract · waterfall · flood · deluge

Family

run, runner, running, runs, outrun, runoff, rerun, outran, overrunning

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G