Highwater (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The tide when the water is highest
Synonyms:
high tide; high water; highwater
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("highwater" is a kind of...):
tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "highwater"):
direct tide (the occurrence of high tide on one side of the earth coinciding with high tide on the opposite side)
neap; neap tide (a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon)
springtide (a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons)