mudflat

noun

mud·​flat ˈməd-ˌflat 

: a level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water or alternately covered and left bare by the tide

Examples of mudflat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Flocks of Hudsonian godwits (the smallest of the four godwit species and the least well known) spend from roughly early October to April in and around the tidal mudflats there. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

The land features rich biological diversity such as marshes, mudflats and riparian and coastal sage scrub, including sensitive, threatened or endangered species such as the California gnatcatcher and the fairy shrimp. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2026

The land where the Lincoln Memorial sits used to be mudflats and wetlands, but now its Reflecting Pool became home to a historically large algae bloom filled with jagged clumps of blue industrial paint. — Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 24 June 2026

The pool was built on unstable mudflats that have shifted over the decades, cracking the pool’s concrete and causing massive leaks. — New York Times, 31 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mudflat

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat

Kids Definition

mudflat

noun

mud·​flat ˈməd-ˌflat 

: a level area of land that lies just below the surface of water or that is repeatedly covered and left bare by the tide