a small branch or tributary of a river; not typically a placename as such unless associated with a road crossing; sometimes the designation of an area or settlement along a creek; sometimes a place name for a church: Crow Creek, Wiggins Creek, Battle Creek Baptist Church.

A small inlet in the ice cliffs. They tend to fill with snow and allow easy access from the ice shelf onto the frozen sea. There is a series of Creeks to the north of Halley numbered from one to ten.

n. (ME. creke, crike, from ON. -kriki, bend, concavity; akin to ON. krikr, bend, bay) a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river.

a naturally formed channel at the mouth of a river which carries tidal water back into the sea

a sea within land, as the Adriatic Sea, and the Persian Sea

a tributary (smaller branch) of a river

A natural watercourse that is usually a tributary of a river or another creek. It may be perennial or non-perennial and in some areas its course may become indefinite or even peter out.

A naturally flowing stream that is usually considered smaller than and often tributary to a river.[ J K U V X Y Z

(1) A STREAM, less predominant than a RIVER, and generally tributary to a RIVER. (2) A small tidal CHANNEL through a coastal MARSH.

a natural stream of water usually small in size and often a tributary of a river.

a stream of water smaller than a river, often a tributary to a river

a watercourse smaller than, and often tributary to, a river.