arroyo

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ar=roy=o

CIDE DICTIONARY

arroyo, n. [Sp., fr. LL. arrogium; cf. Gr. river, stream, fr. to flow.].

•  A water course; a rivulet.  [1913 Webster]
•  The dry bed of a small stream.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

arroyo, n. (pl. -os) US 1 a brook or stream.
2 a gully.

Etymology

Sp.

ROGET THESAURUS

arroyo

Conduit

N conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race, head race, tail race, abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito, acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre, arroyo, adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile, flume, ingate, runner, lock-weir, tedge, vena, dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon, piscina, pipe, funnel, tunnel, water pipe, waste pipe, emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper, adjutage, ajutage, hose, gargoyle, gurgoyle, penstock, weir, flood gate, water gate, sluice, lock, valve, rose, waterworks, pipeline, vascular.