Search Result for "flood control":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flood control
    n 1: (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control
         rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of
         floods