💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Flash flooding"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| flashfloodnoun | Alternative spelling of flash flood. [(meteorology) A sudden, rapid flood, usually of short duration and local impact.] |
| floodflownoun | The flow of a river in flood or of floodwater |
| floodnoun | An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. |
| floodwaternoun | The water of a flood. |
| floodtimenoun | A time (often an annual season) during which an area is flooded; the season when a river floods its banks. |
| flodenoun | Obsolete form of flood. [An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.] |
| freshetnoun | A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw. |
| sky-floodnoun | (literary) A deluge of rain. |
| counterfloodingnoun | (nautical) The action of deliberately flooding spaces in one part (of a ship, boat, or other vessel) in order to counterbalance flooding occurring elsewhere in the vessel and keep the vessel level and on an even keel. |
| flunaminoun | (informal) An extreme influenza outbreak. |
| flipflashnoun | (photography) A kind of flash unit for a camera, providing a certain number of flashes before needing to be flipped over and reinserted to use the remainder. |
| flashboardnoun | (US) A board placed temporarily upon a dam, river, stream, etc. (typically within a permanent frame) to raise the water above its usual level. |
| floudnoun | Obsolete spelling of flood. [An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.] |
| flashficnoun | (uncountable, fandom slang) Flash fiction. |
| blue flashnoun | (meteorology, astronomy) A very rare phenomenon observed in the morning or evening when the sun is crossing or immediately below the horizon, in which a momentary flash of blue light appears above the upper rim of the solar disk, caused by refraction of light in the atmosphere. |
| fluvaquentnoun | (soil science) An aquent produced by frequent flooding. |
| floodplainnoun | (geography) A low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide. |
| flash powdernoun | (photography) A powder that burns with a very rapid flash when ignited; used in pyrotechnics and early flash photography. |
| upfloodnoun | An upward flood. |
| flashnoun | A sudden, short, temporary burst of light. |
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