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FLASHFLOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flashflood mean?
• FLASHFLOOD (noun)
The noun FLASHFLOOD has 1 sense:
1. a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
Familiarity information: FLASHFLOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
flash flood; flashflood
Hypernyms ("flashflood" is a kind of...):
alluvion; deluge; flood; inundation (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flashflood"):
floodhead (a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood)
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