WATERCOURSE

• WATERCOURSE (noun)
  The noun WATERCOURSE has 3 senses:

1. natural or artificial channel through which water flows
2. a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
3. a conduit through which water flows

  Familiarity information: WATERCOURSE used as a noun is uncommon.

• WATERCOURSE (noun)

Meaning:

Natural or artificial channel through which water flows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("watercourse" is a kind of...):

channel (a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels)

Meaning:

A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

stream; watercourse

Hypernyms ("watercourse" is a kind of...):

body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))

Meronyms (parts of "watercourse"):

crossing; ford (a shallow area in a stream that can be forded)

meander (a bend or curve, as in a stream or river)

midstream (the middle of a stream)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "watercourse"):

rill; rivulet; run; runnel; streamlet (a small stream)

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

headstream (a stream that forms the source of a river)

brook; creek (a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river))

branch (a stream or river connected to a larger one)

tidal river; tidal stream; tidewater river; tidewater stream (a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream)

Meaning:

A conduit through which water flows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

waterway; watercourse

Hypernyms ("watercourse" is a kind of...):

way (any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "watercourse"):

canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)

flume (watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs)

headrace (a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine)

tailrace (a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine)