water meadow

noun

: a meadow or piece of low flat land capable of being kept in fertility by being overflowed from some adjoining stream

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a meadow kept fertile by flooding.

[1725-35]

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water meadow noun

A meadow kept fertile by flooding from a stream

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Main Entry: ↑water

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water meadow UK US noun [countable] [singular water meadow plural water meadows] british

a field next to a river that fills with water when the river floods

Thesaurus: areas of land around rivers, lakes and seas_hyponym

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water meadow,

a meadow kept fertile by the overflow of adjoining streams from time to time.

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noun, pl ⋯ -ows [count]

Brit : a field near a river that is often flooded with water

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ˈwater meadow [water meadow] noun usually plural

a field near a river that is often flooded