Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mudflow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: mud-flow
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.

noun

The dried-out product of such a flow.

Example Sentences

"Some believe an earthquake set off the disaster, others that the mudflow was caused by a company drilling for natural gas."
"[A] rockflow involving at least 1.5 million m3 of material moved down the Uchau-Su river valley into the sea within a day. Some mudflows are so viscous that they come to a halt in the stream channel. On slopes, soilflow or earthflow depend[…]"

Etymology

From mud + flow.

Inflected Forms

mudflows (plural)

Synonyms

mudslide mudspate

Questions

What does mudflow mean?: A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
Where does mudflow come from?: From mud + flow.

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