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winterbourne
UK /ˈwɪntəbɔːn/ US /ˈwɪntɚˌboɹn/
name 5noun 1
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2VERB + WINTERBOURNE
stream
WINTERBOURNE + NOUN
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A place in England:
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A place in England:
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A community in Woolwich township, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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A stream that only flows in winter or after wet weather, particularly in an area rich in limestone.
[F]rom the graveyard itself burst up one of those noble springs known as winter-bournes in the chalk ranges, which, awakened in autumn from the abysses to which it had shrunk during the summer's drought, was hurrying down upon its six months' course, a broad sheet of oily silver, over a temporary channel of smooth green sward.
The stream is a winterbourne - it flows only in winter or other periods of high rainfall and is usually dry in summer.
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[F]rom the graveyard itself burst up one of those noble springs known as winter-bournes in the chalk ranges, which, awakened in autumn from the abysses to which it had shrunk during the summer's droug
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The stream is a winterbourne - it flows only in winter or other periods of high rainfall and is usually dry in summer.
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