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tiderace

tiderace noun: a fast-moving tidal current forced through a narrow channel or around an obstruction, creating turbulent water conditions with waves, eddies, and strong currents.

Noun

tiderace (plural tideraces)

  1. A fast-moving tidal current forced through a narrow channel or around an obstruction, creating turbulent water conditions with waves, eddies, and strong currents.
    • “We bore our naked swords in our hands, thinking to use them against whales as we struggled up through the tideraces of the coves.”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 27
    Synonyms:
    tidal race

Synonyms of tiderace

  • tidal race

Forms of tiderace

pluraltideraces

Origin of tiderace

From tide + race.

Questions about tiderace

What does tiderace mean?
Tiderace means a fast-moving tidal current forced through a narrow channel or around an obstruction, creating turbulent water conditions with waves, eddies, and strong currents.
What part of speech is tiderace?
Tiderace is a noun.
What is the plural of tiderace?
The plural of tiderace is tideraces.

Words near tiderace in the dictionary

  1. tideover
  2. tidepool
  3. tidepooling
  4. tidepools
  5. tider
  6. tiderace
  7. tideraces
  8. tiderip
  9. tiderips
  10. tiders
  11. tides

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