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English noun: creek | |||
| 1. | creek (object) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | ||
| Samples | The creek dried up every summer. | ||
| Synonyms | brook | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stream, watercourse | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brooklet | ||
| Instance hyponym | Aegospotami, Aegospotamos, Bull Run | ||
| 2. | Creek (person) any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | American Indian, Indian, Red Indian | ||
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