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waterlogged

CEFR: B2

Completely saturated, soaked, and flooded with water so as to be heavy or oxygen-depleted.

Synonyms

saturated
anaerobic wetlands

Common Collocations

waterlogged soil
waterlogged conditions
waterlogged peat

Example Sentence

Ancient wooden shipwrecks and leather artifacts survive miraculously preserved in waterlogged, oxygen-depleted estuarine mud.

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