flood stage

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

flood + stage

Noun[edit]

flood stage (plural flood stages)

  1. The elevation at which water overflows the natural banks of a river or other body of water in a given portion of the body of water.
    The town flooded when the waters were just three feet over flood stage when the sandbags were washed away in three locations.

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