mountain stream

collocation in English

meaningsofmountainandstream

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mountain
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmaʊn.tɪn/
us
/ˈmaʊn.tən/
a raised part of the earth's surface, much larger than a hill, the top of which might be covered ...
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stream
noun[C]
uk
/striːm/
us
/striːm/
water that flows naturally along a fixed route formed by a channel cut into rock or ground, usually at ...
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(Definition ofmountainandstreamfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmountain stream

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Even the wildmountainstreammust someday join the big river.
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Calomiris et al. (1984) studied the metal tolerance of planktonic heterotrophic bacteria in raw and treatedmountainstreamwater (tap samples).
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It is saying that he has a pleasant experience if he smokes and feels as cool as amountainstream.
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It was a beautiful, smallmountainstream.
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A colleague of mine offered me a mentholated cigarette—one of those advertised being smoked by people in a sylvan glen through which runs a coolmountainstream.
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In the upper current it resembles amountainstream.
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It inhabitsmountainstreamgravel banks and can locally be very common.
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It is known from beside a small, clear,mountainstreamwith a steep gradient.
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Amountainstreamflows down as if touching his holy feet in veneration.
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Beneath slender bamboos one comes upon a lovely spot where amountainstreamgurgles down.
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Hanne, meaning a stream and especially a swiftmountainstream.
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For its first few miles, it flows south as a slow-moving, meanderingmountainstream.
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The lyrics show that the setting of the song is rural, including references to a county fair andmountainstream.
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A circular scenic route criss-crosses themountainstream, passing through extensive forests and over waterfalls.
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Located inside the temple are caves from where the river originates as a freshmountainstream.
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Its headwaters, above the reservoir, are a typicalmountainstream.
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This was a vision, fresh and clear as amountainstream, the mind revealing itself to itself.
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The specimen was found near amountainstreamon a heavily forested site at an elevation of approximately 2,154 meters.
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The specimens were captured floating on tree roots in a rockymountainstreamnear a forest.
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Nature lovers get the perfect opportunity to feel the coolness ofmountainstream, take in the aromas and enjoy the woods.
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