watercourse.

A channel or route along which water flows, whether natural or artificial.

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Words that belong together

• natural watercourse
• dry watercourse

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The watercourse crossed the pasture.

They followed the dry watercourse uphill.

The project restored the natural watercourse.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular watercourse; plural watercourses. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.