tidewater

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Related topics: Oceanography, Geography

tide·wa·ter /ˈtaɪdˌwɔːtə $ -ˌwɒːtər, -ˌwɑː-/ noun  1. [uncountable]HEO water that flows onto the land or into rivers when the tide rises 〔涨潮时涌到陆地上或河流里的〕潮水2. [countable] American EnglishSG an area of land at or near the coast 滨海地区，沿海陆地

Examples from the Corpus

tidewater• Our goal was to get as close as possible to LeConte Glacier, the southernmost active tidewater glacier in the Northern Hemisphere.

tide·wa·ter nounChineseSyllable  

or when the Corpus water flows into land that onto rivers

tidewater
tide‧wa‧ter /ˈtaɪdˌwɔːtə $ -ˌwɒːtər, -ˌwɑː-/ noun
1. [uncountable] water that flows onto the land or into rivers when the tide rises
2. [countable] American English an area of land at or near the coast

tide·waterBrE /ˈtaɪdwɔːtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtaɪdwɔːtər/ 🔊 noun [countable] (NAmE) an area of land at or near the coast 滨海地区；沿海低地 [uncountable, countable] water that is brought by the tide 潮水