Phrase Hound found 52 phrases and 86 compound words that contain flood. The most common are listed below. Open flood in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 52
- flood plainAlternative form of floodplain: A low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide.
- flood the zoneTo fill a relevant region of the field of play.
- Flood-control
- flash floodA sudden, rapid flood, usually of short duration and local impact.
- Flood insurance
- flood tideThe period between low tide and the next high tide of the sea as the water flows toward the shore.
- send the floodAn expression of exasperation or frustration at the state of the world.
- Zanclean floodA theorised flood, 5.33 million years ago, of the Mediterranean basin, then dry due to the Messinian salinity crisis, triggered by its reconnection with the Atlantic Ocean, that marks the transition from the Miocene epoch (Messinian age) …
- flood waterAlternative form of floodwater: The water of a flood.
- Flood RockAn islet and reef in New York City, New York State, United States in Hell Gate, East River, New York Harbor, at the narrow end of Long Island Sound; a former rocky islet and rock reef that was destroyed in 1885 to clear the channel of this …
- Great FloodSynonym of Deluge; a catastrophic flood narrative found in many world mythologies (most notably the biblical story of Noah’s Ark) where a deity sends a worldwide flood to punish human wickedness and purify the earth, followed by the …
- flood fillA means of filling a discrete area with colour, based on colouring every pixel that can be recursively reached from a starting point.
- flood watersplural of flood water: The water of a flood.
- flood pantsPants suitable for wear in high water.
- flood stageThe elevation at which water overflows the natural banks of a river or other body of water in a given portion of the body of water.
- mud flooda supposed global flood that took place in the early 1800's which reset all of civilisation, according to some conspiracy theorists
- flood-gateAlternative form of floodgate: An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
- sheet floodThe turbulent flow of water that moves downslope across the land surface.
- flood-gatesplural of flood-gate (alternative spelling of floodgates).
- rat floodA large invasion of black rats caused by the flowering of the bamboo Melocanna baccifera every 48 years in parts of India.
- flood meadowA low-lying area of grassland, such as that by a river, which is subject to seasonal flooding.
- flood plainsplural of flood plain: A low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide.
- flood outTo pour out; to talk volubly.
- flood geologyThe attempt to interpret and reconcile geological features of the Earth in accordance with a literal belief in the global flood described in Genesis.
- flood poolAn area that is inundated during periods of flooding to prevent inundation elsewhere.
Compound words 86
- floodplainA low-lying plain adjacent to a river subject to flooding during periods of high rainfall or at high tide.
- floodgateAn adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
- floodwaterThe water of a flood.
- floodwayAn engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.
- afloodFlooding.
- infloodThe act or process of flooding or flowing in; an inflow or influx.
- floodwallA man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood
- floodwoodDriftwood carried by a flood.
- overfloodTo flood.
- crapfloodA large amount.