MEANING
A small stream or narrow channel carrying water.
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- water runnel
- narrow runnel
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A runnel carried rainwater down the slope.
The narrow runnel disappeared under the roots.
She stepped over the runnel beside the road.
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- runnel
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular runnel; plural runnels. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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