burn
burn
noun, British a natural body of running water smaller than a river <the walkers forded the shallow burn and then came upon a field of gorse>Synonyms beck [British],
bourn (
or bourne),
brook,
brooklet,
burn [British],
gill [British],
rill,
rivulet,
run [chiefly Midland],
runlet,
runnel,
streamlet Related Words arroyo,
billabong [Australian],
fresh,
freshet,
runoff;
bayou,
coulee,
slough (
also slew or slue),
stream,
wash;
canal,
channel,
cut,
cutoff,
gut,
kill,
millrace,
millstream,
race,
watercourse,
waterway;
affluent,
branch,
confluent,
distributary,
influent,
tributary
