mudbank
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈmʌdˌbæŋk/
:
banco de barro
Examples
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Out over there in that mudbank.
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My husband offered both our futures to stop one fascist bullet from embedding itself in a mudbank.
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"They took a table near the railing, the dark water of the Intracoastal Waterway lapping at the mudbank not ten yards off their shoulders.
Fiction book (1991) -
A herd of hybrid mallards wandered loose along the mudbank by day and roosted under the deck, waging an evenly matched battle with the resident marsh rats.
Fiction book (1991) -
The boat got stuck on a mudbank, making it difficult for the crew to continue their journey.
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During low tide, the mudbank becomes visible, warning boats to navigate carefully around it.
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The fishermen often cast their nets near the mudbank, where fish are abundant.
Synonyms
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3.0
A raised slope of earth beside water or a road
82
7.0
A raised area of sand under water near the shore that can block boats
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2.8
A long narrow area of sand in a river or sea near the shore
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7.9
A shallow area in water that can be dangerous for boats
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3.2
A raised area of sand in a river or by the sea that appears at low tide
A long narrow strip of sand in water that shows above the water
A narrow strip of sand that reaches into the water from the shore
A strip of sand or mud along a riverbank that appears when the water is low
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mudbank comes from the two simple words mud and bank, where mud means 'soft wet earth' and bank means the 'edge' or 'slope' beside water. So a mudbank is a pile or raised area of mud at the water's edge, which is why boats can get stuck on it.