Usually means: Water overflowing from natural sources.
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  1. floodwater: Merriam-Webster
  2. floodwater: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. floodwater: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. floodwater: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Floodwater, floodwater: Wordnik
  6. floodwater: Wiktionary
  7. floodwater: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. floodwater: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. floodwater: Dictionary.com
  10. Floodwater: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. floodwater: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. floodwater: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (floodwater)

▸ noun:  The water of a flood.

Similar:
floodflow, flode, floud, floodland, flood, floodtime, upflood, floodlet, floodplain, floodpool, more...

Opposite:
drought, dryness, aridity

Phrases:
besieged by floodwater, more...

Adjectives:
excess, more, laden, shallow, deep, muddy, seasonal, brown, high, dirty, such

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Similar:
floodflow, flode, floud, floodland, flood, floodtime, upflood, floodlet, floodplain, floodpool, more...

Opposite:
drought, dryness, aridity

Phrases:
besieged by floodwater, more...

Adjectives:
excess, more, laden, shallow, deep, muddy, seasonal, brown, high, dirty, such



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