FLOOD CONTROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flood control mean? 

• FLOOD CONTROL (noun)
  The noun FLOOD CONTROL has 1 sense:

1. (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods

  Familiarity information: FLOOD CONTROL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOOD CONTROL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("flood control" is a kind of...):

control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)

Domain category:

applied science; engineering; engineering science; technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)