noun
- a flat area of muddy land that is covered and uncovered by the tide
Examples
- The birds searched for worms in the mudflat at low tide.
- We walked carefully across the slippery mudflat to reach the water.
- The mudflat was exposed when the tide went out.
- Many small crabs live in the mudflat near the estuary.
- The mudflat provides important feeding grounds for migrating shorebirds.
- After the storm, debris was scattered across the mudflat.