Tidewater
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tidewater is a noun meaning Water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams.
Meaning
Water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams.
More Meanings
- The seaboard.
- (attributive, uncommon, architecture) A structure or house with large wraparound porches and hip roofs designed for wet and hot climates.
Example Sentences
She was born Mary Blair Rice, the daughter of a prominent tidewater Virginia family whose roots stretched back to the colonial era.
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.
Word Forms
- tidewaters
- tide water
- tide-water
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anthracite, tide, tideflat, tidefall, slack-water, streamwater.
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