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flood-water

flood-water is the alternative form of floodwater.

Meaning of floodwater

Noun

floodwater (countable and uncountable, plural floodwaters)

  1. The water of a flood.
    • European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.2013 January, Nancy Langston, “The Fraught History of a Watery World”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2013, page 59

Forms of flood-water

pluralflood-waters

Questions about flood-water

What is flood-water the alternative form of?
Flood-water is the alternative form of floodwater.

Words near flood-water in the dictionary

  1. flood-gates
  2. flood-hit
  3. flood-prone
  4. flood-tide
  5. flood-tides
  6. flood-water
  7. floodable
  8. floodage
  9. floodbank
  10. floodbanks
  11. floodboard

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