mudflat

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noun

A muddy expanse of flat land, especially such land as a riverbed exposed at low tide.

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Meanings

nounmudflat (plural mudflats)

plural mudflats · alternative mud flat · alternative mud-flat

  1. A muddy expanse of flat land, especially such land as a riverbed exposed at low tide.

    The Chapman lighthouse, a three-legged thing erect on a mud-flat, shone strongly.

    1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 194

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bottomland

Origin

From mud + flat.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan plana de marea fangosa
  • plana de marea fangosaflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Chinese Mandarin 淤泥灘 /淤泥滩
  • 淤泥灘 /淤泥滩 (yūnítān)flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Czech přílivová oblast
  • přílivová oblastflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Dutch wad
  • wadflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Finnish rantahetteikkö, vatti
  • rantahetteikköflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
  • vattiflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
French sèche
  • sècheflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
German Wattenmeer
  • Wattenmeerflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Hungarian iszapos lapály
  • iszapos lapályflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Irish réileán láibe
  • réileán láibeflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Italian barena
  • barenaflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Korean 갯벌, 개펄
  • 갯벌 (gaetbeol)flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
  • 개펄 (gaepeol)flat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Māori taikoraha
  • taikorahaflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Norwegian Bokmål mudderflate
  • mudderflateflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Portuguese alagadiço
  • alagadiçoflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Spanish llanura de marea
  • llanura de mareaflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Vietnamese bãi bùn
  • bãi bùnflat expanse of mud, esp. tidal flat
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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