Definition of Floodhead

1. Noun. A wall of water rushing ahead of the flood. "We were lucky to be safe when the floodheads hit"

Generic synonyms: Flash Flood, Flashflood

Lexicographical Neighbors of Floodhead

flood out
flood plain
flood plains
flood stage
flood test
flood tide
flood tides
floodable
floodage
flooded
flooded gum
flooder
flooders
floodgate
floodgates
floodhead (current term)
flooding
floodings
floodlight
floodlighted
floodlighting
floodlights
floodlike
floodlit
floodmark
floodmarks
floodplain
floodplains
floodproof
floodproofed

Literary usage of Floodhead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Waves of the Sea and Other Water Waves by Vaughan Cornish (1910)
"The advance of the floodhead in such a case is not a simple case of wave-travel to which a definite speed is allotted in the theory of long waves, ..."

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