Meaning of rivulet | Babel Free
ˈɹɪv.jʊ.lɪtDefinitions
- A small stream; a streamlet; a gill
- A small stream; a streamlet; a gill.
- Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth
- Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth.
Equivalents
Examples
“A rivulet of tears ran down his face.”
“Yes Madam I think you will like them—when you shall see in a beautiful Quarto Page how a neat rivulet of Text shall meander thro' a meadow of margin—'fore Gad, they will be the most elegant Things of their kind—”
“The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs. Their income disappeared as a little rivulet that is swallowed by the thirsty ground.”
“Rills running down the steepest slopes develop into rivulets.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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