tidewater
tidewater noun: water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams.
Noun
tidewater (countable and uncountable, plural tidewaters)
- Water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams.
- Their mission in life was to tote bituminous coal out of the mountain fastness of West Virginia and move it west to the gateways of Deepwater, Columbus and Toledo and east to tidewater at Hampton Roads.1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 60
- The seaboard.
- She was born Mary Blair Rice, the daughter of a prominent tidewater Virginia family whose roots stretched back to the colonial era.2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 100
- A structure or house with large wraparound porches and hip roofs designed for wet and hot climates.
Proper noun capitalized: Tidewater
Tidewater
- A region in Virginia and Maryland, United States, along the coast and the Chesapeake Bay.
Forms of tidewater
| plural | tidewaters |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tide water |
| alternative form | tide-water |
Origin of tidewater
From tide + water.
Questions about tidewater
- What does tidewater mean?
- Tidewater means water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams.
- What part of speech is tidewater?
- Tidewater can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of tidewater?
- The plural of tidewater is tidewaters.
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