woodjam
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An accumulation of wood and debris from vegetation that slows the flow of a river or stream.
Example Sentences
- "Straining against the last light, I finally got it tied on and tossed it out to the top of the woodjam."
- "[…] to treat potential chronic and catastrophic sedimentation problems caused by forest roads, restore riparian areas and re-establish large woodjams at ecologically appropriate sites."
- "Fishes (especially small ones) often use complex hiding cover such as roots,wood jams, or aquatic macrophytes to avoid predators."
- "In the anastomosing river model, stable alluvial deposits associated with woodjams can resist lateral channel erosion for hundreds of years, providing sites for tree germination."