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☆ bottomland [bät′əmland΄ ]n.low land through which a river flows, rich in alluvial deposits; flood plain: sometimes written bottom land
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bot·tom·land (bŏtʹəm-lănd') n.See bottom.* * *
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bottomland — ottomland n. low lying alluvial land near a river. Syn: bottom. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bottomland — ☆ bottomland [bät′əmland΄ ] n. low land through which a river flows, rich in alluvial deposits; flood plain: sometimes written bottom land … English World dictionary
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bottomland — noun Date: 1728 low lying land along a watercourse often used in plural < the fertile bottomlands > … New Collegiate Dictionary
bottomland — noun Flat land along a river, lying few feet above normal high water, often consisting of alluvial deposits and naturally fertile … Wiktionary
bottomland — A lowland along an alluvial river plain [16] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
bottomland — Synonyms and related words: alkali flat, alluvial plain, basin, baygall, bog, bottom, bottoms, buffalo wallow, bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country, coastal plain, delta, desert, down, downs, everglade, fell, fen, fenland, flat, flat… … Moby Thesaurus
bottomland — bot|tom|land [ batəm,lænd ] noun count an area where there used to be a river or lake … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bottomland — (not recommended) use flood plain. An obsolete, informal term loosely applied to varying portions of a flood plain. SW … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
bottomland — noun N. Amer. low lying land, typically by a river … English new terms dictionary
