flood stage

English

Etymology

flood + stage

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• flood gates, flood-gates, floodgates