FLOODPLAIN

Meaning of FLOODPLAIN in English

Pronunciation: ' fl ə d- ˌ pl ā n

Function: noun

Date: 1873

1 : level land that may be submerged by floodwaters

2 : a plain built up by stream deposition

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

FLOODPLAIN — noun Date: 1873 level land that may be submerged by floodwaters, a plain built up by stream deposition
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLOODPLAIN — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a flat or nearly flat surface that may be submerged by floodwaters 2. : a plain …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLOODPLAIN — noun Date: 1873 1. : level land that may be submerged by floodwaters 2. : a plain built up by …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLOODPLAIN — [flood.plain] n (1873) 1: level land that may be submerged by floodwaters 2: a plain built up by stream deposition
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLOODPLAIN — also called Alluvial Plain, flat land area adjacent to a stream, composed of unconsolidated sedimentary deposits (alluvium) and subject to …
Britannica English vocabulary
FLOODPLAIN — see flood plain
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLOODPLAIN — see flood plain
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FLOODPLAIN — Any lowland that borders a stream and is inundated periodically by its waters.
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLOODPLAIN — Пойма
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FLOODPLAIN — пойма
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FLOODPLAIN — пойма
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
FLOODPLAIN — пойма
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FLOODPLAIN — пойма
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
FLOODPLAIN — займище, займищный
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