mudflat C2 Topic:Places & Geography US /ˈmʌdˌflæt/ UK /ˈmʌdflæt/ See IPA manual Freq #195654 Meanings 1 noun a broad, level area of mud beside a sea, estuary, or river, often exposed at low tide Wading birds searched the mudflat for worms as the tide receded. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a broad, level area of mud... tidal flatmud flat Word family Related forms estuarywetlandtideland Etymology A compound of mud + flat, recorded as both mud flat and mudflat. It names level sediment deposited beside tidal or slow-moving water and regularly exposed as water levels fall. Topics Places & Geography External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # mudflat **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmʌdˌflæt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmʌdflæt/ **Frequency rank:** 195654 ## Meanings 1. a broad, level area of mud beside a sea, estuary, or river, often exposed at low tide ## Examples - Wading birds searched the mudflat for worms as the tide receded. ## Synonyms - tidal flat - mud flat ## Related Forms - estuary - wetland - tideland ## Etymology A compound of mud + flat, recorded as both mud flat and mudflat. It names level sediment deposited beside tidal or slow-moving water and regularly exposed as water levels fall. ## Topics - Places & Geography markdown