Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water's edge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter's edge
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The edge of any body of water, such as a lake or sea.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: waterline"
"at the water's edge"
"In contrast, peatland vegetation may or may not occur in riparian settings in Minnesota. These peatlands find themselves at the water's edge on flat landforms that have paludified—the process by which peat accumulates in response to rising water tables in areas that were formerly terrestrial. As these peatlands grow both vertically and in area, they encircle lake basins or develop their own open-water drainage […]"

Inflected Forms

water's edges (plural) waters' edges (plural)

Phrases

Land's End

Frequently Paired Words

waterside Land's End riparian

Synonyms

waterline

Questions

What does water's edge mean?: The edge of any body of water, such as a lake or sea.

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