tide|wa|ter

tide|wa|ter
tide|wa|ter «TYD WT uhr, -WOT-», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. water in rivers and streams affected by the rise and fall of the tides.
2. water that is brought by the flood tide and overflows land.
3. low-lying land along a seacoast through which tides flow.
4. the seacoast or a region along a seacoast.
–adj.
of or along tidewater. Tidewater country is land along the seacoast.

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