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

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

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

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2023

But the submarine spent many years unused, docked in New London before eventually being abandoned on a mud flat near Old Saybrook.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2023

It’s so low that the riverbank is a mud flat, and we slip and slide our way to the water.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2022

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

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman