floodway

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noun

An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.

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Meanings

nounfloodway (plural floodways)

plural floodways

  1. An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.

    Since 2005 the governments of Manitoba and Canada have spent $665 million to double the capacity of the floodway and to reinforce bridges, control gates and dikes.

    2009 March 30, Kirk Johnson, “Permanent Flood Solutions Just Out of Reach for Fargo”, in New York Times

Origin

From flood + way.

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APA

floodway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodway

MLA

“floodway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodway. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floodway,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodway.

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