1. flat areas of muddy land that are covered by water at high tide and exposed at low tide
Usage: typically plural

Examples

• The birds feed on worms and shellfish in the mudflats during low tide.
• We walked across the exposed mudflats to reach the small island.
• The mudflats provide important habitat for migrating shorebirds.
• At high tide, the mudflats disappear completely under water.
• Scientists study the ecosystem of the mudflats near the estuary.
• The mudflats stretched for miles along the coast at low tide.