"mudflat" meaning in English

See mudflat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mudflats [plural]
Etymology: From mud + flat. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mud|flat}} mud + flat Head templates: {{en-noun}} mudflat (plural mudflats)
  1. A muddy expanse of flat land, especially such land as a riverbed exposed at low tide. Wikipedia link: mudflat Categories (topical): Wetlands Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: mud flat, mud-flat Hyponyms: flat Translations (flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat): plana de marea fangosa [feminine] (Catalan), 淤泥灘 (Chinese Mandarin), 淤泥滩 (yūnítān) (Chinese Mandarin), přílivová oblast [feminine] (Czech), wad [neuter] (Dutch), rantahetteikkö (Finnish), vatti (Finnish), sèche [feminine] (French), Wattenmeer [neuter] (German), iszapos lapály (Hungarian), réileán láibe [masculine] (Irish), barena [feminine] (Italian), 갯벌 (gaetbeol) (Korean), 개펄 (gaepeol) (Korean), taikoraha (Maori), mudderflate [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mudderflate [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), alagadiço [masculine] (Portuguese), llanura de marea [feminine] (Spanish), bãi bùn (Vietnamese)

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