FLOODHEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does floodhead mean? 

• FLOODHEAD (noun)
  The noun FLOODHEAD has 1 sense:

1. a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood

  Familiarity information: FLOODHEAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOODHEAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wall of water rushing ahead of the flood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Context example:

we were lucky to be safe when the floodheads hit

Hypernyms ("floodhead" is a kind of...):

flash flood; flashflood (a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration)