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floodwater

noun

NAmE//ˈflʌdˌwɔt̮ər//

, NAmE//ˈflʌdˌwɑt̮ər//

[uncountable] (also floodwaters [plural])

water that covers land after there has been a flood The floodwaters have now receded.

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