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creek

(British) The inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(British) The inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.

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  • “Feed: "Tennant Creek Today" By: Jim Jin on Tuesday, May 5, 2026”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Feed: "Tennant Creek Today" By: Jim Jin on Monday, May 4, 2026”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.

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  • “Healy Heights Apartments at Office, 1900 NE Bear Creek Rd #171, Bend”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Thank you to Denise H. for donating a freezer to the Mill Creek Community Food Bank. It helped us keep food cool and serve cottage cheese to our guests, (with volunteer Jake stepping in to distribute).”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “📄 G40092 (G40092) 📍 Alf Creek 🚒 Prince George Fire Centre 🔥 9 ha, Out 🔗 https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/incidents?fireYear=2026&incidentNumber=G40092 #BCWildfire #G40092 #AlfCreek”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “the creek is so cool and how fun to see it just plop off the edge of the build haha”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “A new one this morning on our walk along the "creek."”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(British) A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.

Origin: From , probably from , from , variant of krekô, from ; the modern form creek (already late ) either reflects open-syllable lengthening of Middle English or reborrowing from ., Compare typologically , akin to bend, bow. See also , crika, , crica, kríkr, , and possibly . Modern cognates include , , and (borrowed from Germanic). Early British colonists of Australia and the Americas used the term in the usual British way, to name inlets; as settlements followed the inlets upstream and inland, the names were retained and creek came to be used to refer to any small waterway. A similar semantic de. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Chickasaw County's Board of Supervisors has unanimously recommended a significant construction permit for Dublin Creek LLC, paving the way for enhanced environmental management. Read the full story! #ChickasawCounty #IA #CivicAccountability #CitizenPortal #EnvironmentalHealth”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Early Morning Stocker PT (3am-5am Availability Required) - Battle Creek-12765 Harper Village Dr Ste 110 Job educativ.net/jobs/job/58335...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Southwest Division, Beat: 437, 21R - Res Panic Alarm at 46XX BLOCK COUNTRY CREEK DR reported on 5/6/2026, 4:02 AM CDT, Incident# 26-0850456 #dpdi-div-sw #dpdi-beat-437”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Other Grassy Flat Rd, Diamond Creek Status: Safe Resources: 2 6 May 2026, 7:20 pm - open 42s From #VIC/ESTA via 000 Find on Map > #EMVAlert #incident #Fire #Other”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Other Grassy Flat Rd, Diamond Creek Status: Under Control Size: Small Resources: 1 6 May 2026, 7:28 pm - open 8m From #VIC/CFA via 000 Find on Map > #EMVAlert #incident #Fire #Other”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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