The levee kept the floodwater back.
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Floodwater
Synonyms for "floodwater"
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Translations
5 translations across 5 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 洪水 noun (water of a flood)
Finnish
1 entries- tulvavesi noun (water of a flood)
German
1 entries- Flutwasser noun (water of a flood)
Polish
1 entries- woda powodziowa noun (water of a flood)
Romanian
1 entries- apă de inundatie noun (water of a flood)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
Source: wiktionary
South Yorkshire 2019: The track at Conisbrough is deluged by floodwater. Lines were shut and services were disrupted across Yorkshire and the East Midlands.
Source: wiktionary
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