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tidewrack

tidewrack noun: seaweed and similar marine vegetation and rubbish deposited along a shore by a receding tide.

Noun

tidewrack (uncountable)

  1. Seaweed and similar marine vegetation and rubbish deposited along a shore by a receding tide.

Forms of tidewrack

alternative formtide wrack

Origin of tidewrack

From tide + wrack.

Questions about tidewrack

What does tidewrack mean?
Tidewrack means seaweed and similar marine vegetation and rubbish deposited along a shore by a receding tide.
What part of speech is tidewrack?
Tidewrack is a noun.

Words near tidewrack in the dictionary

  1. tidewave
  2. tidewaves
  3. tideway
  4. tideways
  5. tideworn
  6. tidewrack
  7. Tidey
  8. tidge
  9. tidges
  10. tidgiest
  11. tidgy

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