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mud flow

mud flow is the alternative form of mudflow.

Meaning of mudflow

Noun

mudflow (plural mudflows)

  1. A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
    • Some believe an earthquake set off the disaster, others that the mudflow was caused by a company drilling for natural gas.2015 September 21, Rachel Nuwer, “Indonesia’s ‘Mud Volcano’ and Nine Years of Debate About Its Muck”, in The New York Times
  2. The dried-out product of such a flow.

Forms of mud flow

pluralmud flows

Questions about mud flow

What is mud flow the alternative form of?
Mud flow is the alternative form of mudflow.

Words near mud flow in the dictionary

  1. mud flap
  2. mud flaps
  3. mud flat
  4. mud flats
  5. mud flood
  6. mud flow
  7. mud hen
  8. mud hens
  9. mud kicker
  10. mud kickers
  11. mud kitchen

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