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FLOOD CONTROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flood control mean? 

FLOOD CONTROL (noun)
  The noun FLOOD CONTROL has 1 sense:

1. (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floodsplay

  Familiarity information: FLOOD CONTROL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLOOD CONTROL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("flood control" is a kind of...):

control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)

Domain category:

applied science; engineering; engineering science; technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)


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