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landflood

landflood noun: flood; inundation.

Noun

landflood (plural landfloods)

  1. (archaic) flood; inundation
    • in a county where the king had before no footing , awakened all their jealousies and apprehensions of the affections of Kent and all other places; and looked like a land-flood , that might roll they knew not how far ; so that there needed no importunate solicitation to provide a remedy against this...1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed...

Forms of landflood

plurallandfloods
alternative formland-flood

Origin of landflood

From land + flood.

Questions about landflood

What does landflood mean?
Landflood means flood; inundation.
What part of speech is landflood?
Landflood is a noun.
What is the plural of landflood?
The plural of landflood is landfloods.

Words near landflood in the dictionary

  1. landfilled
  2. landfilling
  3. landfills
  4. landfish
  5. landfishes
  6. landflood
  7. landfloods
  8. landfolk
  9. landforce
  10. landforces
  11. Landford

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