Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flood-tide

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: flood--tide
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of flood tide.

Example Sentences

"May 29.—This morning we reached a sand-spit formed by a confluent stream, upon which the receding waters had left a wood-drift well suited for the streamer's use, having been forced by the jam of flood-tide high out of the current."

Inflected Forms

flood-tides (plural)

Questions

What does flood-tide mean?: Alternative form of flood tide.

How to pronounce flood-tide

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