Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wall built along a shore or bank to protect an area from floods.
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- noun A man-made vertical
barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during aflood
Etymologies
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Examples
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Punch these coordinates (30.043863, -89.909711) into a Google mapping product (haven't checked to see it in Live Earth or NAIP satellites) to see an intense agricultural project visible from space, just over the floodwall from the hub of the Vietnamese community.
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The Army Corps of Engineers began building a secondary flood wall to protect low-lying areas of Hamburg, Iowa, because it expects the northernmost breach of the floodwall, which is 5 miles southwest of town, to fully give way at some point.
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The Army Corps of Engineers began building a secondary flood wall to protect low-lying areas of Hamburg, Iowa, because it expects the northernmost breach of the floodwall, which is 5 miles southwest of town, to fully give way at some point.
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The Army Corps of Engineers began building a secondary flood wall to protect low-lying areas of Hamburg, Iowa, because it expects the northernmost breach of the floodwall, which is 5 miles southwest of town, to fully give way at some point.
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The Army Corps of Engineers began building a secondary flood wall to protect low-lying areas of Hamburg, Iowa, because it expects the northernmost breach of the floodwall, which is 5 miles southwest of town, to fully give way at some point.
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California will, before the night is over tomorrow, be labeled the "floodwall" that turned back the "Republican wave" this year.
Chris Weigant: My Final Midterm Election Picks Chris Weigant 2010
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California will, before the night is over tomorrow, be labeled the "floodwall" that turned back the "Republican wave" this year.
Chris Weigant: My Final Midterm Election Picks Chris Weigant 2010
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California will, before the night is over tomorrow, be labeled the "floodwall" that turned back the "Republican wave" this year.
Chris Weigant: My Final Midterm Election Picks Chris Weigant 2010
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California will, before the night is over tomorrow, be labeled the "floodwall" that turned back the "Republican wave" this year.
Chris Weigant: My Final Midterm Election Picks Chris Weigant 2010
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California will, before the night is over tomorrow, be labeled the "floodwall" that turned back the "Republican wave" this year.
Chris Weigant: My Final Midterm Election Picks Chris Weigant 2010
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