- watercourse water·course n
- ['wɔːtəˌkɔːs]
corso d'acqua
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
watercourse water·course n
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water course — see watercourse … English dictionary
watercourse — [[t]wɔ͟ːtə(r)kɔː(r)s[/t]] watercourses also water course N COUNT A watercourse is a stream or river, or the channel that it flows along. [FORMAL] … English dictionary
watercourse — /waw teuhr kawrs , kohrs , wot euhr /, n. 1. a stream of water, as a river or brook. 2. the bed of a stream that flows only seasonally. 3. a natural channel conveying water. 4. a channel or canal made for the conveyance of water. [1500 10; WATER… … Universalium
Watercourse — Wa ter*course , n. (Shipbuilding) One of the holes in floor or other plates to permit water to flow through. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Course of San Juan Creek — Map of San Juan Creek watershed San Juan Creek is a creek in Orange County in the U.S. state of California. It is about 29 miles (47 km) long, and along with its major tributary, Trabuco Creek, drains 133 square miles (340 km2) near the … Wikipedia
watercourse — wa|ter|course [ˈwo:təko:s US ˈwo:tərko:rs, ˈwa: ] n 1.) a place where water flows, for example a river or ↑canal ▪ chemicals that pollute the local watercourse 2.) a long thin hole for water to flow through … Dictionary of contemporary English
watercourse — A stream of water flowing in a definite direction or course in a bed with banks. A natural channel, having a well defined existence, with running water supplied from a definite source. Snyder v Platte Valley Pub. Power & Irrig. Dist. 144 Neb 308 … Ballentine's law dictionary
course — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, Indian file, MO, Zeitgeist, academic specialty, act, adit, advance, advancement, advancing, affluence, afflux, affluxion, agora, aim, air lane, algorithm, ambit, amphitheater, angular motion,… … Moby Thesaurus
watercourse — Synonyms and related words: adolescent stream, aqueduct, arroyo, beck, bed, bourn, braided stream, branch, brook, brooklet, burn, canal, channel, conduit, course, creek, creek bed, crick, culvert, donga, dry bed, duct, flowing stream, flume,… … Moby Thesaurus
watercourse — wa•ter•course [[t]ˈwɔ tərˌkɔrs, ˌkoʊrs, ˈwɒt ər [/t]] n. 1) geo a stream of water, as a river or brook 2) geo the bed of a stream that flows only seasonally 3) geo a channel conveying water • Etymology: 1500–10 … From formal English to slang
course — the path over which something moves as in water in a river (watercourse) … Dictionary of ichthyology
