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floodplains

floodplains is the plural of floodplain.

Meaning of floodplain

Noun

floodplain (plural floodplains)

  1. A low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide.
    • Near-synonyms: bottomland, bottomlands

Questions about floodplains

What is floodplains the plural of?
Floodplains is the plural of floodplain.

Words near floodplains in the dictionary

  1. floodmark
  2. floodmarks
  3. floodometer
  4. floodometers
  5. floodplain
  6. floodplains
  7. floodpool
  8. floodpools
  9. floodprone
  10. floodproof
  11. floodproofed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: floodplains (page history and authors); floodplain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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