streamside

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adjective

Located near or bordering a stream.

“Near-synonym: creekside”

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

adjectivestreamside (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLocated near or bordering a stream.

    Near-synonym: creekside

    1 more example

    But once upon a time, bitterns nested in every pothole marsh and every streamside cattail patch from British Columbia to Newfoundland and from Florida to California.

    1988 April 22, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader

    Synonyms: creekside

nounstreamside (plural streamsides)

plural streamsides

  1. The land bordering a stream.

    Near-synonyms: streambank, creekside, creekbank

    Synonyms: streambank, creekside, creekbank

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLocated near or bordering a stream.

Similar

nounThe land bordering a stream.

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*srow-mo-s
  4. Proto-Germanic*straumaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*straum
  6. Old Englishstrēam
  7. Middle Englishstrem
  8. Englishstream
  9. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  10. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  11. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  12. Old Englishsīde
  13. Middle Englishside
  14. Englishside
  15. Englishstreamside

From stream + -side.

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APA

streamside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streamside

MLA

“streamside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streamside. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “streamside,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streamside.

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