tide·wa·ter (t d wô t r, -w tr)n. 1. Water that inundates land at flood tide. 2. Water affected by the tides, especially tidal streams. 3. Low coastal land drained by tidal streams. |
tidewater [ˈtaɪdˌwɔːtə]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) water that advances and recedes with the tide
2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) water that covers land that is dry at low tide
3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) US
a. coastal land drained by tidal streams
b. (as modifier) tidewater regions
| tidewater (tdwôtr) 1. Water that inundates land at flood tide. 2. Water affected by the tides, especially tidal streams. 3. Low coastal land drained by tidal streams. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  tidewater - low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streamscoastal plain - a plain adjacent to a coast tidal river, tidal stream, tidewater river, tidewater stream - a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream |
| 2. | Tidewater - the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line |
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