Burn and Stream

Burn

Burn noun - A natural body of running water smaller than a river.
Usage example: the walkers forded the shallow burn and then came upon a field of gorse

Stream is a synonym for burn. In some cases you can use "Stream" instead a noun "Burn".

Nearby Words: burning, burned, burnt, burnout, burner

Stream

Stream noun - A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth.

Burn is a synonym for stream in river topic. Sometimes you can use "Burn" instead the word "Stream" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as small river.

Common collocations

time burn time stream time
flag burn flag stream flag

Both words in one sentence

  • Just For Fun / Tropes Examined by the MythBusters Vapor Trail: Gasoline will burn in a continuous line following a leaking source and, if it manages to catch up with a car, can burn up the stream to ignite the fuel in the tank, but a car would have to be traveling very slowly (less than 5 mi/h) for the flame to catch it.
  • Web Video / Deagle Nation For Want of a Nail: Jace leaving the in-game stove on in his The Sims 3 stream, causing his Sim's mansion to burn down and leading the Sim to live a life of escalating misery.
  • Video Game / SPISPOPD When the secondary fire button is held down, it releases a stream of napalm that will burn through every enemy within its short range.
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