Slack tide (original) (raw)

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I. (noun)

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Meaning:

The occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tideplay

Synonyms:

slack tide; slack water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("slack tide" is a kind of...):

tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)

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