Creek

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Any turn or winding.

II. Creek ·noun A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.

III. Creek ·noun A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.

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