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Meaning of "mud flat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MUD FLAT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUD FLAT

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Mud flat is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MUD FLAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mud flat

Mudflat

Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats, are coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by tides or rivers. They are found in sheltered areas such as bays, bayous, lagoons, and estuaries. Mudflats may be viewed geologically as exposed layers of bay mud, resulting from deposition of estuarine silts, clays and marine animal detritus. Most of the sediment within a mudflat is within the intertidal zone, and thus the flat is submerged and exposed approximately twice daily. In the past tidal flats were considered unhealthy, economically unimportant areas and were often dredged and developed into agricultural land. Several especially shallow mudflat areas, such as the Wadden Sea, are now popular among those practising the sport of mudflat hiking. On the Baltic Sea coast of Germany in places, mudflats are exposed not by tidal action, but by wind-action driving water away from the shallows into the sea. These wind-affected mudflats are called windwatts in German.

Definition of mud flat in the English dictionary

The definition of mud flat in the dictionary is a tract of low muddy land, esp near an estuary, that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUD FLAT

mud
mud bath
mud crab
mud dauber
mud fever
mud flap
mud gecko
mud hen
mud hut
mud map
mud pie
mud puppy
mud turtle
mud volcano
mud wrestling
mud-caked
mudbank
mudbug
mudcap
mudcapping

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUD FLAT

alkali flat
bachelor flat
basement flat
cottage flat
council flat
double flat
fall flat
flat
garden flat
granny flat
in nothing flat
main door flat
one-room flat
one-roomed flat
salt flat
service flat
serviced flat
show flat
starter flat
studio flat
the flat

Synonyms and antonyms of mud flat in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mud flat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUD FLAT

Find out the translation of mud flat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mud flat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mud flat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

滩涂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

barro plana
570 millions of speakers

English

mud flat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्लैट कीचड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطين شقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грязь плоским
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lodaçal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাদা ফ্ল্যাট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vasière
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lumpur rata
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Watt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

干潟
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

평면 진흙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lumpur sing rata
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bùn phẳng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மண் பிளாட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिखल फ्लॅट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Düz çamur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Barena
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

błoto mieszkanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бруд плоским
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

noroi plat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λάσπη επίπεδη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

modder plat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lera platt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mud flat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mud flat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUD FLAT»

The term «mud flat» is normally little used and occupies the 119.729 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUD FLAT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mud flat

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUD FLAT»

Discover the use of mud flat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mud flat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mud Flat April Fool
The animal inhabitants of Mud Flat play April Fools' Day tricks on each other involving flying saucers, disappearing neighbors, and water-squirting flowers.
James Stevenson, 1998
2
Christmas at Mud Flat
The animal residents of Mud Flat go about their preparations for Christmas in their own ways.
‎2003
3
Flying Feet: A Mud Flat Story
Stanley and the other animals of Mud Flat take dance lessons from some touring tap dancers and prepare for a big show.
‎2004
4
Mud Flat Spring
The animals of Mud Flat celebrate the coming of spring in their own ways.
James Stevenson, 1999
5
Heat Wave at Mud Flat
The animals of Mud Flat pay Raymond the Rainmaker to bring relief from the hot weather, but even though he fails, rain finally comes.
‎1997
6
The Mud Flat Mystery
What's inside the box?
James Stevenson, 2011
7
The Mud Flat Olympics
The crazy Mud Flat Olympics feature such unusual events as the Deepest Hole Contest, featuring Kevin the mole; the High Hurdle Event, in which five snails participate; and the Smelliest Skunk Contest.
James Stevenson, 1994
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From Mud-Flat Cove to Gold to Statehood: California 1840-1850
With From Mud-Flat Cove to Gold to Statehood, Irving Stone, acclaimed author of Lust for Life, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Immortal Wife and numerous other best-selling works, takes us on a journey that allows us to encounter the citizenry, ...
Irving Stone, 1999
9
Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Estuaries
A graphic example of mud flat deposition can be seen in the Avon River estuary, Minas Basin. A solid-fill causeway constructed across that estuary resulted in the rapid development of a mud flat within the sedimentation umbra to its seaward ...
Gerardo M.E. Perillo, 1995
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Intertidal Deposits: River Mouths, Tidal Flats, and Coastal ...
The mud flat deposits consist of clayey silt with an abundance of root fibers and often authigenic pyrite. Marsh deposits, on top of the mud flat deposits, cover most of the chenier plain and continue to accumulate between the cheniers. They are ...
Doeke Eisma, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUD FLAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mud flat is used in the context of the following news items.
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Community Calendar
Discover the secrets of life in the salt marsh, mud flat and rocky shore. Meet at circle of benches by second parking lot. Free with park admission ... «KeepMEcurrent.com, Jul 15»
2
Car stuck in rising tide at Leysdown Beach, Sheppey
"It's very strange that you would drive a car so far out on the mud flat because even people walking too far there get stuck." A police spokesman ... «Kent Online, Jul 15»
3
Ron Littlepage: Advice on downtown, convention center and birds
A short paddle away, another 20 or so of the birds made another mud flat their temporary home, their brilliant pink feathers highlighted against ... «Florida Times-Union, Jul 15»
4
Boulder's not a chip off an old rock
Potonga Neilson found what he thought was a piece of mud flat from when New Zealand was part of Gondwanaland, one of two ... «Wanganui Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
Two drunk men rescued from River Hull at Drypool Bridge
Another rescue took place from the River Hull last week after a teenager became stuck in a mud flat near Myton Bridge. The 18-year-old was ... «Hull Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Digging up Gondwanaland?
Potonga Neilson was at the beach halfway between Castlecliff and Mowhanau when he found a chunk of what he believes is a "bit of mud flat". «Wanganui Chronicle, Jul 15»
7
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: 1914
When the tide went out, much of Lost Lagoon turned into a mud flat, like the eastern end of False Creek. And the eastern end of False Creek ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
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VIDEO: What happens when a Coonass gets stuck after the tide falls …
"So what happens when a Coonass gets stuck in a situation where the tide falls on him 4 feet? We're about to run across this mud flat and see ... «Louisiana Sportsman, Jul 15»
9
Flooding destroys parts of New Mexico Ghost Ranch
“It's just a mud flat. It's just really really sad,” said Caird. FEMA is assessing the destruction at the Ghost Ranch. Officials said there's upwards of ... «KRQE News 13, Jul 15»
10
Ship Love: on the (nearly lethal) comforts of a Silicon Valley internship
Riding between buildings in a Disneyland-like tram, I have wafted through the salty breeze coasting in from the edges of a tidal mud flat. I have ... «Harvard Independent, Jul 15»

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