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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 test
  2. flood tests
  3. flood the zone
  4. flood tide
  5. flood tides
  6. flood water
  7. flood waters
  8. flood-gate
  9. flood-gates
  10. flood-hit
  11. flood-prone

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