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tidewater en · NOUN

Etymology

From tide + water.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams.
   • 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. 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 60:
2. (countable, uncountable) The seaboard.
   • She was born Mary Blair Rice, the daughter of a prominent tidewater Virginia family whose roots stretched back to the colonial era. 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 100:
3. (attributive, countable, uncommon, uncountable) A structure or house with large wraparound porches and hip roofs designed for wet and hot climates.

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