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moon flood

moon flood noun: either the moon's tide or a tidal flood.

Noun

moon flood (plural moon floods)

  1. Either the moon's tide or a tidal flood.
    • Doubtful at first and far away, / The moon-flood creeps more wide and wide ; Up a ridged beach of cloudy gray, Curved round the east as round a bay, / It slips and spreads its gradual tide.1876, Lowell, James Russell, “ALADDIN. AN INVITATION. The Nomades.”, in The poetical works of James Russell Lowell, page 345
    • [...] crab traps and other dockside summer paraphernalia, against Harvest Moon flood tides and the odd late hurricane that might yet brush by while we’re at work over in Baltimore or off lecture-traveling.1994, John Barth, “Overture "Gone"”, in Once Upon a Time, page 3

Forms of moon flood

pluralmoon floods

Questions about moon flood

What does moon flood mean?
Moon flood means either the moon's tide or a tidal flood.
What part of speech is moon flood?
Moon flood is a noun.
What is the plural of moon flood?
The plural of moon flood is moon floods.

Words near moon flood in the dictionary

  1. moon face
  2. moon faces
  3. moon facies
  4. moon flask
  5. moon flasks
  6. moon flood
  7. moon garden
  8. moon gardens
  9. moon gate
  10. moon gates
  11. moon god

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