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FLOODPLAIN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does floodplain mean?

• FLOODPLAIN (noun)
The noun FLOODPLAIN has 1 sense:

1. a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding

Familiarity information: FLOODPLAIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FLOODPLAIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

flood plain; floodplain

Hypernyms ("floodplain" is a kind of...):

champaign; field; plain (extensive tract of level open land)

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