watercourse

  • 1Watercourse — 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

  • 2watercourse — ► NOUN ▪ a brook, stream, or artificially constructed water channel …

    English terms dictionary

  • 3watercourse — [wôt′ərkôrs΄, wät′ərkôrs΄] n. 1. a stream of water; river, brook, etc. 2. a channel for water, as a canal or stream bed …

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  • 4watercourse — UK [ˈwɔːtə(r)ˌkɔː(r)s] / US [ˈwɔtərˌkɔrs] noun [countable] Word forms watercourse : singular watercourse plural watercourses formal a river, canal, or stream …

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  • 5Watercourse — A watercourse is any flowing body of water. These include rivers, streams, brooks, anabranches et cetera. See also * Environmental flow * Waterway …

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  • 6watercourse — 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

  • 7watercourse — [[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] …

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  • 8watercourse — vandentėkmė statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Vaga tekantis vanduo (upė, upelis, kanalas). Būna pastovi ir laikina (išdžiūstanti, iššalanti). atitikmenys: angl. stream; watercourse vok. Fließgewässer, n; Wasserlauf, m;… …

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  • 9watercourse — vandentakis statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Hidrotechninis įrenginys, praleidžiantis vandenį iš vandens objekto į vandens vartojimo vietą (vamzdynas, tunelis, kanalas, latakas). atitikmenys: angl. watercourse vok.… …

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  • 10watercourse — 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 …

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