mud flat

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noun

a mud-covered, gently sloping tract of land, alternately covered and left bare by tidal waters.

the muddy, nearly level bed of a dry lake.

Origin of mud flat

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby mud flat

Mudéjar, mudeye, mudfat, mud fever, mudfish, mud flat, mudflow, mud gecko, mudguard, mud hen, mudhole

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Example sentences from the Web for mud flat

The tide was going out, and soon a mud-flat would lie between them and the home shore.
Cricket at the Seashore|Elizabeth Westyn Timlow
Probably Sir James did not know that the real Constellation was fast in the mud-flat.
Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812|James Barnes
The stretch before him resembled nothing so much as mud-flat with the tide out.
Plotting in Pirate Seas|Francis Rolt-Wheeler
There was a heavy log lying on the mud-flat of the river waiting to be shaped into a mast for a boat.
The Hungry Stones And Other Stories|Rabindranath Tagore

And he jumped off the bank and landed lightly on his feet on the mud-flat, and started on again.
The Tale of Peter Mink|Arthur Scott Bailey

British Dictionary definitions for mud flat

mud flat

noun

a tract of low muddy land, esp near an estuary, that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide

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Scientific definitions for mud flat

mud flat

[ mŭd ]

Low-lying land consisting of silt or sand that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide.

单词	mud flat
释义	mud flat SEE SYNONYMS FOR mud flat ON THESAURUS.COM noun a mud-covered, gently sloping tract of land, alternately covered and left bare by tidal waters. the muddy, nearly level bed of a dry lake. Origin of mud flat First recorded in 1805–15 Words nearby mud flat Mudéjar, mudeye, mudfat, mud fever, mudfish, mud flat, mudflow, mud gecko, mudguard, mud hen, mudhole Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mud flat The tide was going out, and soon a mud-flat would lie between them and the home shore. Cricket at the Seashore\|Elizabeth Westyn Timlow Probably Sir James did not know that the real Constellation was fast in the mud-flat. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812\|James Barnes The stretch before him resembled nothing so much as mud-flat with the tide out. Plotting in Pirate Seas\|Francis Rolt-Wheeler There was a heavy log lying on the mud-flat of the river waiting to be shaped into a mast for a boat. The Hungry Stones And Other Stories\|Rabindranath Tagore And he jumped off the bank and landed lightly on his feet on the mud-flat, and started on again. The Tale of Peter Mink\|Arthur Scott Bailey British Dictionary definitions for mud flat mud flat noun a tract of low muddy land, esp near an estuary, that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mud flat flat, tidal pool, tideland, wetlands Scientific definitions for mud flat mud flat [ mŭd ] Low-lying land consisting of silt or sand that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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mud flat

noun

Origin of mud flat

Words nearby mud flat

Example sentences from the Web for mud flat

British Dictionary definitions for mud flat

noun

Words related to mud flat

Scientific definitions for mud flat