sudd

[ suhd ]

/ sʌd /

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noun

(in the White Nile) floating vegetable matter that often obstructs navigation.

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Origin of sudd

1870–75; <Arabic: literally, obstruction

Words nearby sudd

sudatio, sudation, sudatorium, sudatory, Sudbury, sudd, sudden, sudden adult death syndrome, sudden death, sudden infant death syndrome, suddenly

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How to use sudd in a sentence

This lake is the home of many sudd plants of the "swimming" variety—papyrus and ambach are absent.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2|Various
The Sudan government, however, sent engineering parties to remove the sudd blocks and open out a continuous waterway.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2|Various
And Nod, having his mother's quick hand, made a great store of Manaka-cake and Sudd-bread.
The Three Mulla-mulgars|Walter De La Mare
The sudd, it is supposed, stopped the advance of the Roman centurions who were sent up the Nile in the days of Nero.
History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)|S. Rappoport

Baker cut through fifty miles of the sudd, and urged the khdive to reopen the Nile.
History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)|S. Rappoport

British Dictionary definitions for sudd

sudd

/ (sʌd) /

noun

floating masses of reeds and weeds that occur on the White Nile and obstruct navigation

Word Origin for sudd

C19: from Arabic, literally: obstruction

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