mudflat en · NOUN
Etymology
From mud + flat.
Meanings
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A muddy expanse of flat land, especially such land as a riverbed exposed at low tide.
The Chapman lighthouse, a three-legged thing erect on a mud-flat, shone strongly.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 194:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mud flat | alternative | lexicographic | |
| mudflats | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| mud-flat | alternative | lexicographic |
Hyponyms
Translations (19)
vi bãi bùn (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · nb mudderflate (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · ko 갯벌 (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · fr sèche (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · ca plana de marea fangosa (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · pt alagadiço (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · mi taikoraha (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · ko 개펄 (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · nl wad (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · cs přílivová oblast (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · cmn 淤泥灘 /淤泥滩 (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · fi vatti (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · es llanura de marea (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · it barena (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · ga réileán láibe (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · hu iszapos lapály (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · de Wattenmeer (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · fi rantahetteikkö (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat) · nn mudderflate (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat)