noun
- small streams or channels of water; narrow grooves or furrows
Examples
- Rain created small runnels down the hillside.
- The melting snow formed runnels along the edge of the road.
- Water flowed through the runnels carved in the stone.
- The farmer dug runnels to direct irrigation water to his crops.
- Tiny runnels of water trickled from the roof after the storm.
- The ancient runnels in the rock showed where water had flowed for centuries.