floodwater

noun

Etymology

From flood + water.

  1. inherited from *wódr̥ — “water
  2. inherited from *watōr — “water
  3. inherited from *watar
  4. inherited from wæter — “water
  5. inherited from water
  6. compounded as floodwater — “flood + water

Definitions

  1. The water of a flood.

    • European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.
    • South Yorkshire 2019: The track at Conisbrough is deluged by floodwater. Lines were shut and services were disrupted across Yorkshire and the East Midlands.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for floodwater. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA