tidewater
pronunciation
How to pronounce tidewater in British English:
UK [ˈtaɪdwɔːtə(r)]
How to pronounce tidewater in American English:
US [ ˈtaɪdwɔːtər]
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- Noun:
- low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams
Word Origin
- tidewater (n.)
- also tide-water, 1772, "water affected by the normal ebb and flow of the tide," from tide (n.) + water (n.1). In reference to the lowland regions of the Virginia shore of the western Chesapeake Bay, 1832.
Example
- 1. The marks record the height of the tidewater .
- 2. Each one go back out both sides as the tidewater emerge a small road .
- 3. Now , in the world the industry economy is just unfolding , the knowledge economy is coming like the tidewater clapping the shore .
- 4. As early as in the colonial period , men seeking greater freedom the could be found in the original tidewater settlements had begun to push inland .
- 5. What 's interesting is that in this book originally titled o lost wolfe describes his autobiographical escapades in the virginia tidewater visiting norfolk and lee hall in newport news as well as working in the construction of the " hampton flying field " now langley air force base .