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slackwater

slackwater is the alternative form of slack-water.

Meaning of slack-water

Noun

slack-water (countable and uncountable, plural slack-waters)

  1. A time, at the turn of the tide, when the water is calm.
  2. A stretch of seawater in which there are no currents, or of a river impeded by a lock or dam.

Forms of slackwater

pluralslackwaters

Questions about slackwater

What is slackwater the alternative form of?
Slackwater is the alternative form of slack-water.

Words near slackwater in the dictionary

  1. slacktivism
  2. slacktivist
  3. slacktivists
  4. slacktub
  5. slacktubs
  6. slackwater
  7. slackwaters
  8. slackwire
  9. slackwires
  10. slactivism
  11. slactivist

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