Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tidewater

/tˈaɪdwˌɔtɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: tide-wa-ter
IPA: /tˈaɪdwˌɔtɚ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A structure or house with large wraparound porches and hip roofs designed for wet and hot climates.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A region in Virginia and Maryland, United States, along the coast and the Chesapeake Bay.

Example Sentences

"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."
"She was born Mary Blair Rice, the daughter of a prominent tidewater Virginia family whose roots stretched back to the colonial era."

Etymology

From tide + water.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tidewaters (plural) tide water (alternative) tide-water (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce tidewater?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈaɪdwˌɔtɚ/.
What does tidewater mean?: Water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams.
Where does tidewater come from?: From tide + water.

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