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highwater

highwater

5.9
The time when the sea or river reaches its highest level
  • noun
  • /ˈhaɪˌwɔːtər/
translation icon : marea alta
  • The fishermen waited for the tide to rise, hoping the boat would stay safe above the highwater level.

Examples

  • Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam, and Warren Cariou, eds. Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water. Winnipeg: Highwater, 2011. Print.

    Academic text (2013)

  • When I started making mini-comics a decade ago, I found Reddingk and Highwater Books' Guide to Reproduction.

    Blog text (5)

  • As Highwater (1997) suggested, when people are marginalized, denigrated, and made to feel worthless, they "act out the destruction of their self-respect by becoming destructive," even to the point of harming themselves (18).

    Academic text (1998)

  • During the storm, the water reached its highwater mark, flooding the low-lying area near the beach.

  • As the tide came in, the old dock was submerged, marked by a clear highwater line on the posts.

Synonyms

high tide
vshighwater
26 1.8

The time when the sea reaches its highest level

is the same meaning but written together as one word
high water
vshighwater
11 3.4

The time when the tide reaches its highest level

is the same meaning but written together as one word

Surface Forms

highwater singular
highwaters plural

Morphology

highwater = high + water (transparent) = high + water

The compound directly denotes a state when the water is high; the meaning is inferable from 'high' + 'water'.

Etymology

Highwater comes from the two simple words high and water and names the time when a river or the sea reaches its highest level. Imagine a mark on a wall showing the top of a flood — that picture helps you remember that highwater means the 'tide at its highest'.