dry creek

collocation in English

meaningsofdryandcreek

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dry
adjective
uk
/draɪ/us
/draɪ/
used to describe something that has no water or other liquid in, on, or ...
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creek
noun[C]
uk
/kriːk/us
/kriːk/
mainly UK
a narrow area of water that flows into the land from the sea, a ...
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(Definition ofdryandcreekfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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An arroyo is also called a wash; it is adrycreekor stream bed.
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This cave or dugout was down in the bed of adrycreek.
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There is adrycreekbed that meanders through the reserve.
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An old narrow bridge across adrycreekcan be found just north of this development.
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The normallydrycreekran for a length of over 20mi km through the property.
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This most likely refers to adrycreekrather than reference to a hypocorism.
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While reconnoitering the area around adrycreekbed, they were attacked.
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Over time the waters wore through the limestone here, entering the sub-terrain and leaving behind adrycreekbed to the north where it once held domain.
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Recalling his days as a motorcycle racer, he forces one officer off the road and eludes the other officer by jumping across adrycreekbed.
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The name meansdrycreek.
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