What does rivulet mean?
Word: Rivulet
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Rivulet means a very narrow stream of water, or a thin line of liquid running down something.
Synonyms: stream
How do you spell rivulet?
Syllables: riv - u - let
Tricky part: The middle vowel is weak when you say it, so students guess e or o. Only u is right there.
Watch out for: rivelet, rivolet
Memory tip: A tiny stream bends this way and that like the curve of a U, so put that u in the middle.
Rivulet in a sentence
Example 1: A rivulet of melted snow ran across the trekking path.
Example 2: Rain slid down the classroom window in small rivulets.
Example 3: We followed a rivulet through the forest until it joined the Rhine.
Fun Fact
The Bhagirathi, one of the two headstreams of the Ganga, flows out of the Gangotri Glacier, and countless rivulets of ice-cold meltwater join it on the way down.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word rivulet as used in the sentence:
Buffaloes drank from a clear rivulet beside the path to the tea garden.
a) brook
b) canyon
c) lake
d) cliff
Show answer
a) brook. A brook is a small stream, so it matches the word in the sentence.
Mingle-Mangle
Choose the word that the jumbled letters in the sentence make:
A thin tulevri of rainwater crept along the edge of the terrace.
a) ringlet
b) rivulet
c) rivet
d) rivalry
Show answer
b) rivulet. Rivet is two letters short, ringlet needs an n and a g, and rivalry needs an a and a y.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
r_vul_t
a) i, o
b) e, o
c) i, e
d) e, e
Show answer
c) i, e. Riv starts the word, and let closes it.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the meaning of the word that is spelt wrongly.
1. meander 2. estuary 3. rivulet 4. tributery
a) a river that flows into a larger river
b) a very narrow trickling waterway
c) a wide bend in a river
d) the wide part of a river where it meets the sea
Show answer
a) a river that flows into a larger river. Tributary ends in ary, so the list's spelling is the wrong one.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does a rivulet differ from the Nile?
a) It is far saltier and flows out of the sea.
b) It runs uphill and never reaches the plains.
c) It freezes solid and stays that way all year.
d) It is far narrower and carries much less water.
Show answer
d) It is far narrower and carries much less water.
2. Which line from a story paints a picture of a rivulet?
a) Waves crashed hard against the rocky shore.
b) The wide river rolled slowly to the sea.
c) The still pond lay under green leaves.
d) Water trickled in thin lines down the slope.
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d) Water trickled in thin lines down the slope.
