💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bayou"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| wetlandnoun | (usually in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas. |
| swampnoun | An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.) |
| fennoun | A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline. |
| bognoun | (UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, slang) A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet. |
| marshnoun | An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen, morass.) |
| southnoun | The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane. |
| strandnoun | Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord. |
| embaymentnoun | A bay. (the water) |
| bayheadnoun | The portion of a bay located farthest inland, farthest from the body of water the bay is confluent with. |
| bateaunoun | A small, flat-bottomed type of boat. |
| brookienoun | A dessert with one layer being a cookie and the other being a brownie. |
| rivuletnoun | A small stream; a streamlet; a gill. |
| channelnoun | Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting. |
| billabongnoun | (Australia) An anabranch, backwater or oxbow lake that is temporarily cut off from the main river, especially one that is only filled with water during the rainy season and can sometimes dry up completely. |
| sucknoun | (uncountable) The ability to suck; suction. |
| feedernoun | One who feeds, or gives food to another. |
| lagunenoun | Dated form of lagoon. [A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.] |
| pondnoun | An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake. |
| lagoonnoun | A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar. |
| cowalnoun | (Australia) A billabong, or stagnant pool. |
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