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floodwood

floodwood noun: driftwood carried by a flood.

Noun

floodwood (uncountable)

  1. Driftwood carried by a flood.
    • Besides bridges are swept away, fences destroyed and fields covered with masses of floodwood.1897, John William Huett, Essay toward a natural history of La Salle county, page 17

Origin of floodwood

flood + wood

Questions about floodwood

What does floodwood mean?
Floodwood means driftwood carried by a flood.
What part of speech is floodwood?
Floodwood is a noun.

Words near floodwood in the dictionary

  1. floodwalls
  2. floodwater
  3. floodwaters
  4. floodway
  5. floodways
  6. floodwood
  7. floody
  8. flooey
  9. floof
  10. floofed
  11. floofer

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