mud flat

American  

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.

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mud flat British  

noun

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

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mud flat Scientific  

/ mŭd /

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

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Etymology

Origin of mud flat

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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mud flat

After Mr. Kwon made the dangerous trip, crossing around 200 miles of ocean by personal watercraft, he was found stranded on a mud flat off South Korea’s west coast, near Incheon.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

“It was an odd sight to see this Doberman in the middle of a mud flat in a tidal bay,” Zimmerman said.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

The second car drove up onto a mud flat, and its two passengers eventually rescued.

From Reuters ● Aug. 11, 2023

To reach the current water level you must climb down the rocks, cross a busy main road, make your way through a thicket of marshy plants and trek across a yawning mud flat.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2016

The tide was coming in and the mud flat had shrunk to the width of a path.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman