floodwall

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floodwall

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From flood + wall.

noun floodwalls · flood wall

A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood The New Orleans levees and floodwalls were built to withstand a hypothetical storm […].

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"floodwall." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/floodwall. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{floodwall_2026,
  title = {floodwall},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/floodwall},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}