floodplain
English
noun
Definitions
- (geography) An alluvial plain that may or may not experience occasional or periodic flooding.
Etymology
Compound from English flood + English plain.
Origin
English
plain
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiflood English
- beflood English
- counterflood English
- crapflood English
- etchplain English
- flood English
- floodable English
- floodage English
- flooder English
- floodest English
- floodeth English
- floodgate English
- floodgum English
- floodlamp English
- floodlands English
- floodless English
- floodlet English
- floodlight English
- floodlike English
- floodmark English
- floodproof English
- floodwall English
- floodwater English
- floodway English
- floody English
- fore-flood English
- inflood English
- landflood English
- megaflood English
- nonflood English
- overflood English
- palaeoplain English
- paleoplain English
- peneplain English
- photoflood English
- plain English
- plain work English
- plainchant English
- plainclothed English
- plainful English
- plainhead English
- plainish English
- plainland English
- plainlike English
- plainly English
- plainness English
- plainsawn English
- plainsies English
- plainsong English
- plainspoken English
- plainswoman English
- plainware English
- postflood English
- preflood English
- reflood English
- riverplain English
- sandplain English
- shitflood English
- superflood English
- unflood English
- waterflood English
- plaine French
- plen Norwegian Bokmål
- flood Portuguese
- floodar Portuguese
- plen Norwegian Nynorsk
- flod Middle English
- pleyn Middle English
- plain
- flood
- floody
- inflood
- plainly
- unflood
- flooder
- beflood
- reflood
- floodway
- floodest
- plainful
- plainish
- floodeth
- floodage
- preflood
- floodgum
- nonflood
- floodlet
- etchplain
- plainlike
- plainsong
- peneplain
- crapflood
- floodlike
- plainhead
- overflood
- landflood
- plainness
- plainsies
- floodwall
- shitflood
- antiflood
- plainware
- megaflood
- postflood
- floodlamp
- floodgate
- sandplain
- floodable
- plainland
- floodless
- plainsawn
- floodmark
- photoflood
- floodlight
- floodlands
- riverplain
- superflood
- plainchant
- floodproof
- plain work
- fore-flood
- waterflood
- floodwater
- paleoplain
- palaeoplain
- plainspoken
- plainswoman
- plainclothed
- counterflood