mudbank

noun

Etymology

From mud + bank.

  1. derived from *bʰeg-
  2. derived from *bankiz
  3. derived from *banki
  4. derived from bank
  5. derived from banca
  6. derived from banque
  7. inherited from banke
  8. compounded as mudbank — “mud + bank

Definitions

  1. An area of mud, possibly submerged, near the edge of a body of water.

    • He had a view across wide fields to the Stour nearing low tide, with its mudbanks emerging from the silver water like the humped backs of monsters, and segrasses and ccircling flocks of seabirds.

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