Definition of "floodwall" [floodwall]

• A wall built along a shore or bank to protect an area from floods. (noun)

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• "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."
• "The Army Corps of Engineers began building a secondary flood wall to protect low-lying areas of Hamburg, Iowa, because it expects the northernmost breach of the floodwall, which is 5 miles southwest of town, to fully give way at some point."
• "California will, before the night is over tomorrow, be labeled the "floodwall" that turned back the "Republican wave" this year."