Floodwood

/ˈflʌdwʊd/ noun

Definition

Wood or timber that has been carried and scattered by floodwater.

Etymology

Compound of 'flood' (Old English 'flod', overflowing water) + 'wood' (Old English 'wudu', timber or forest). Describes wooden debris from flooding events.

Kelly Says

Floodwood creates 'wood jams' that can dam up entire rivers, causing secondary floods upstream—one massive jam in the Mississippi River in 1881 was 75 miles long!

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