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Definition of Floodwater
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floodwater
Literary usage of Floodwater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"Complete flushing of saline water from this position in the delta took less than
2 days as had been the case in previous years.1'7 In 1971, floodwater ..."
2. Manufactured Home Installation in Flood Hazard Areas by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"In slow rising flood conditions, floodwater can enter the manufactured home at
a rate more equal to the water rise, thereby counteracting any buoyancy ..."
3. The 1997 New Year's Floods in Western Nevada by J. G. Rigby (1998)
"The combined floodwater formed an extensive lake across the valley, generally 2
to 3 feet deep, which overflowed Muller Lane approximately 1 mile to the ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1833)
"... v- distinctly that the course which the floodwater is stated in the special
verdict to have taken, and by which it was carried again into the river at a ..."
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