mud

mixture of water and any combination of soil, silt, and clay
mud
John Warwick Brooke · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

5 properties
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Oral history interview record AY.3.2026.04.07, “Archaeological Archives as Inclusive Learning Laboratories”[6][7][8][9]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]
OpenStreetMap tag
natural=mud, surface=mud[4][5]
🏷️ Also known as
en mud ar الطين cs bahno cs bláto da mudder de Matsche de Morast de Schlamm el λάσπη es cieno es barro es fango es lodo fa گل fa گِل fa گل خاک fi muta fr boue fr fange fr gadoue
🔖 Identifiers · 23
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300014337
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/7378
Banglapedia ID (Bengali)
কর্দম
Concepticon concept set ID
640
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/mud-geology
Environment Ontology ID
01000001
Equivalent class
purl.obolibrary.org, w3id.org
Freebase ID
/m/01qr50
Harper's tag
mud
IMDb keyword
mud
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
mud
Show all 23 identifiers +11
KBpedia ID
Mud
Lex ID
mudder
Mindat mineral ID
49426
Museum-digital tag ID
28758
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
materias/1187654
Topic's main category
Category:Mud
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10676429
Vikidia article ID
fr:Boue
WikiKids ID
Modder
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
14980464-n

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Summary

mud is a type of clastic sediment[1], building material[2], and mixture[3].

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Influence

Things named for mud include February[12], a calendar month[13]; big ball of mud[14], a programming anti-pattern[15]; and Mudborne: Frog Management Sim[16], a video game[17].

Why It Matters

Entities named for mud include February[12], a calendar month[13]; big ball of mud[14], a programming anti-pattern[15]; and Mudborne: Frog Management Sim[16], a video game[17].

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  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Adnan Almohamad · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Gujin Tushu Jicheng +1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Oral history interview record AY.3.2026.04.07, “Archaeological Archives as Inclusive Learning Laboratories”"
  2. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 105
    Environment Ontology ID → 01000001
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000001, https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Mud
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arc', 'ast', 'ay', 'bat_smg', 'bcl', 'bdr', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca'
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment Ontology ID: 01000001, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143354631|mud (#143354631)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ontology I"
  3. 8w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match → —
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000001, https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Mud
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving Exact match to Equivalent class"
  4. 10w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Bridon Ropes F.C.
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  5. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mud
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: mud, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289955136|mud (#289955136)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  6. 15w ago · Chalmd · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    BBC Things ID → 04add118-f96d-473a-9bea-018bb8d52e1d
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ BBC Things ID: 04add118-f96d-473a-9bea-018bb8d52e1d, Adding BBC Things ID"
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