- mud flat
-
1. a mud-covered, gently sloping tract of land, alternately covered and left bare by tidal waters.2. the muddy, nearly level bed of a dry lake.[1805-15]
* * *
Universalium. 2010.
mud flat
Look at other dictionaries:
mud|flat — «MUHD FLAT», noun, or mud flat, a stretch of muddy land left uncovered at low tide: »In twisting creeks and inlets, on bird haunted mudflats,…the sea anglers will soon forgather (Sunday Times) … Useful english dictionary
mud flat — mud′ flat n. a mud covered, gently sloping tract of land alternately covered and left bare by tidal waters • Etymology: 1805–15 … From formal English to slang
mud flat — n. nearly level muddy land that is flooded at high tide and left uncovered at low tide … English World dictionary
mud flat — noun a tract of low muddy land near an estuary; covered at high tide and exposed at low tide (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑tract, ↑piece of land, ↑piece of ground, ↑parcel of land, ↑parcel * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
mud flat — noun A flat expanse of mud at the edge of a body of water, regularly inundated by e.g. tidal action … Wiktionary
mud flat — (not preferred use tidal flat) A relatively level area of fine grained material (e.g., silt) along a shore (as in a sheltered estuary) or around an island, alternately covered and uncovered by the tide or covered by shallow water, and barren… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
mud flat — Synonyms and related words: baygall, bog, bottom, bottomland, bottoms, buffalo wallow, everglade, fen, fenland, glade, hog wallow, holm, marais, marish, marsh, marshland, meadow, mere, mire, moor, moorland, morass, moss, mud, peat bog, quagmire,… … Moby Thesaurus
mud — n. 1 wet soft earthy matter. 2 hard ground from the drying of an area of this. 3 what is worthless or polluting. Phrases and idioms: as clear as mud colloq. not at all clear. fling (or sling or throw) mud speak disparagingly or slanderously. here … Useful english dictionary
Flat-clawed hermit crab — Taxobox name = Flat clawed hermit crab regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Decapoda infraordo = Anomura superfamilia = Paguroidea familia = Paguridae genus = Pagurus species = P. pollicaris… … Wikipedia
flat — 1) [ geomorphology ] a) (adjective) Said of an area characterized by a continuous surface or stretch of land that is smooth, even, or horizontal, or nearly so, and that lacks any significant curvature, slope, elevations, or depressions.… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
