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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A muddy expanse of flat land, especially such land as a riverbed exposed at low tide.

   "The Chapman lighthouse, a three-legged thing erect on a mud-flat, shone strongly."

Synonyms

All synonyms

bottomland

Example

More examples

"There was a football washed up on the mudflat at low tide."

Etymology

From mud + flat.

Related phrases

low tide

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