mudflatn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌdflat/, U.S.

/ˈmədˌflæt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, flat n.³

Etymology: < mud n.¹ + flat n.³

1. A relatively level stretch of muddy land at the margin or shore of a river which is left uncovered at low tide. Also: a mudbank in a non-tidal river, etc.

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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] > muddy

muds1648

mudflat1795

slake1828

sleech1902

the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > mudbank > [noun]

oozea1500

ooze bank1668

mudbanka1717

sleek1774

mud bar1813

mudflat1922

1795 Pennsylvania Gaz. 15 July 3/4 (advt.) An island or mud flats in the river Delaware above Petty's island.

1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 45 The Red-breasted Snipe..frequent the sand bars and mud flats at low water, in search of food.

1823 in Florida Hist. Q. (1935) 14 94 St. Sebastian's river..when the tide is full extends for a considerable distance over the mud-flats on each side of the main channel.

1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. June 338 The mudflats of our seaboard.

1922 H. Footner Huntress 134 The only breaks in the endless panorama of cut-banks, mud-flats, willows, and grass were occasional little inlets.

1959 Time (Canada ed.) 23 Feb. 10/3 Built on mud flats in the Mackenzie River delta, Aklavik was a quagmire in summer.

1979 Yale Apr. 27/2 The lake..eventually became a series of mudflats and marshes.

1996 Y. Martel Self 317 I was so dried out that my lips were cracked and my skin was like a dried mud-flat.

2. In plural. New Zealand colloquial. Lowland plains or farms. rare.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain > in specific country

savannah1555

llano1613

vega1645

steppea1670

pampasa1672

pampas1703

prairie1773

veld1785

Great Plains1794

puszta1839

campo1863

polje1894

mudflats1947

1947 P. Newton Wayleggo (1949) 154 Mud-flats, a high country man's name for down country flats. Heavy land.

1951 D. McLeod N.Z. High Country 46 He duly took a job down country... Six months later he was back again... He'd got footrot on the ‘mud flats’ and had to come back to the hard country.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mudflat
释义	mudflatn. Brit. /ˈmʌdflat/, U.S. /ˈmədˌflæt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, flat n.³ Etymology: < mud n.¹ + flat n.³ 1. A relatively level stretch of muddy land at the margin or shore of a river which is left uncovered at low tide. Also: a mudbank in a non-tidal river, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] > muddy muds1648 mudflat1795 slake1828 sleech1902 the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > mudbank > [noun] oozea1500 ooze bank1668 mudbanka1717 sleek1774 mud bar1813 mudflat1922 1795 Pennsylvania Gaz. 15 July 3/4 (advt.) An island or mud flats in the river Delaware above Petty's island. 1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 45 The Red-breasted Snipe..frequent the sand bars and mud flats at low water, in search of food. 1823 in Florida Hist. Q. (1935) 14 94 St. Sebastian's river..when the tide is full extends for a considerable distance over the mud-flats on each side of the main channel. 1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. June 338 The mudflats of our seaboard. 1922 H. Footner Huntress 134 The only breaks in the endless panorama of cut-banks, mud-flats, willows, and grass were occasional little inlets. 1959 Time (Canada ed.) 23 Feb. 10/3 Built on mud flats in the Mackenzie River delta, Aklavik was a quagmire in summer. 1979 Yale Apr. 27/2 The lake..eventually became a series of mudflats and marshes. 1996 Y. Martel Self 317 I was so dried out that my lips were cracked and my skin was like a dried mud-flat. 2. In plural. New Zealand colloquial. Lowland plains or farms. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain > in specific country savannah1555 llano1613 vega1645 steppea1670 pampasa1672 pampas1703 prairie1773 veld1785 Great Plains1794 puszta1839 campo1863 polje1894 mudflats1947 1947 P. Newton Wayleggo (1949) 154 Mud-flats, a high country man's name for down country flats. Heavy land. 1951 D. McLeod N.Z. High Country 46 He duly took a job down country... Six months later he was back again... He'd got footrot on the ‘mud flats’ and had to come back to the hard country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1795
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