Floodwall

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A wall built along a shore or bank to protect an area from floods.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood
  • Word Usage
    "Punch these coordinates (30.043863, -89.909711) into a Google mapping product (haven't checked to see it in Live Earth or NAIP satellites) to see an intense agricultural project visible from space, just over the floodwall from the hub of the Vietnamese community."