Definition of Mud flat

1. Noun. A tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide.


Definition of Mud flat

1. Noun. A flat expanse of mud at the edge of a body of water, regularly inundated by e.g. tidal action. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mud Flat

mud-beplastered
mud-wrestle
mud army
mud bath
mud bed
mud bogging
mud crab
mud cracking
mud dauber
mud digger
mud fever
mud fight
mud flap
mud flaps
mud flat (current term)
mud flats
mud hen
mud midget
mud monkey
mud pie
mud pies
mud plantain
mud puddle
mud puppy
mud room
mud rooms
mud sedge
mud sedges
mud slab

Literary usage of Mud flat

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

1. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1898)
"THE mud flat. SEDIMENTATION. A FK\V years ago, in ascending the valley of the Transport Aar, in Switzerland, I enjoyed an extraordinary op- ins power ..."

2. Elementary Physical Geography by Ralph Stockman Tarr (1895)
"An extensive mud flat, submerged at high tide. (Copyright, 18<J0, by SR Stoddard, Glens Falls, NY) The rise and fall of the tides is a great force in the ..."

3. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"The channel narrows in approaching the river, there being a long mud-flat, extending about 6 miles to the northward, on the western side, which is sometimes ..."

4. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1898)
"THE mud flat. SEDIMENTATION. A FK\V years ago, in ascending the valley of the Transport Aar, in Switzerland, I enjoyed an extraordinary op- ins power ..."

5. Elementary Physical Geography by Ralph Stockman Tarr (1895)
"An extensive mud flat, submerged at high tide. (Copyright, 18<J0, by SR Stoddard, Glens Falls, NY) The rise and fall of the tides is a great force in the ..."

6. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"The channel narrows in approaching the river, there being a long mud-flat, extending about 6 miles to the northward, on the western side, which is sometimes ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Mud flat on Dictionary.com!Search for Mud flat on Thesaurus.com!Search for Mud flat on Google!Search for Mud flat on Wikipedia!

Search