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FLASH FLOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flash flood mean?
• FLASH FLOOD (noun)
The noun FLASH FLOOD has 1 sense:
1. a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
Familiarity information: FLASH FLOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
flash flood; flashflood
Hypernyms ("flash flood" is a kind of...):
alluvion; deluge; flood; inundation (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flash flood"):
floodhead (a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood)
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