Definitions for watercourse

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watercourse wa·ter·course

Spelling: [waw-ter-kawrs, -kohrs, wot-er-]

IPA: /ˈwɔ tərˌkɔrs, -ˌkoʊrs, ˈwɒt ər-/

Watercourse is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 903 anagrams from letters in watercourse (aceeorrstuw).

Definitions for watercourse

noun

1. a stream of water, as a river or brook.
2. the bed of a stream that flows only seasonally.
3. a natural channel conveying water.
4. a channel or canal made for the conveyance of water.

Origin of watercourse

First recorded in 1500-10; water + course

Examples for watercourse

He tore towards the watercourse in an agony lest he should be too late.

Away from the watercourse the grasses grew shorter and more slender.

The banks of the watercourse were steep, the bottom was sandy.

Now, what's to hinder a man escaping by means of that watercourse?

It had an individual and peculiar look, like no watercourse they had seen.

So far, however, the lads had remained on their side of the watercourse.

By that means they got rid of some of the filth, but they did not improve the watercourse.

I fired and stepped back, falling, as I did so, into the watercourse.

In the morning others observed them flying up the watercourse.

We were not mistaken, for down the avenue a watercourse wound its way.