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

Example sentences :

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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