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Synonyms for arroyo
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : uh-roi-oh |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈrɔɪ oʊ |
Définition of arroyo
Origin :- "watercourse, dry streambed," 1845, a California word, from American Spanish, in Spanish, "rivulet, small stream," from Latin arrugia "shaft or pit in a gold mine," apparently a compound of ad- "to" (see ad-) + ruga "a wrinkle" (see rough (adj.)).
- noun watercourse
- He was beside her again before she had reached the bed of the arroyo.
- Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
- Slade sent one of his men springing up the side of the arroyo.
- Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
- Quickly he swung his horse to the left and vanished into an arroyo.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- They left the road and struck across country toward the arroyo.
- Extract from : « Across the Mesa » by Jarvis Hall
- The three riders had plunged into the depths of the arroyo and were out on the other 299 side.
- Extract from : « Across the Mesa » by Jarvis Hall
- The latter turned his horse and rode to the edge of the arroyo.
- Extract from : « Across the Mesa » by Jarvis Hall
- We stayed by the arroyo all that day and the following night.
- Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
- Sure to find them on the sloping banks, as we did by the arroyo.
- Extract from : « Gaspar the Gaucho » by Mayne Reid
- The trackers had made out their footprints in the mud of the arroyo.
- Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
- One yell and a stream of curses came from across the arroyo.
- Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn
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