mud flat

noun

1. a mud-covered, gently sloping tract of land, alternately covered and left bare by tidal waters.

2. the muddy, nearly level bed of a dry lake.

mud flat

noun

1. a tract of low muddy land, esp near an estuary, that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide

mud flat

1. Low-lying land consisting of silt or sand that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mud flat¹

First recorded in 1805–15