red mud

Frequency: 6.06.3 per million words

Describes mud with a reddish color, often due to high iron content in the soil.

mudADJECTIVE + MUD

Categories:

red

Examples (10)

  • The heavy rains turned the pathway into a slippery expanse of red mud.
  • After the flood, a thick layer of red mud covered everything in the village.
  • Geologists studied the composition of the red mud found near the volcano.
  • The children loved playing in the sticky red mud after the storm.
  • Driving through the construction site, the tires quickly became caked with red mud.
  • The artist used local red mud to create unique pottery.
  • Heavy machinery struggled to move through the deep red mud at the mining site.
  • The characteristic color of the Martian landscape is often described as red mud.
  • Be careful, the path is covered in wet red mud.
  • The researchers collected samples of the red mud for further analysis.