watermark
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- noun
- /ˈwɔːtərˌmɑrk/
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marca de inundación
- Around the watermarks of the boats floated straw, rough boards, and fish with their eyes whitened and half eaten away by the gulls.
- a high watermark
Examples
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That means one of two things, the reservoir is leaking, or the systems are leaking and I'll let this watermark on the floor answer the question for you.
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If you're between the mean high watermark and the three mile zone, that is state land.
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But at least the high watermark seems to have been reached and and the tide is going out again.
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Listening to the rain fall, I watched the watermark grow ever so slowly to the size of a baseball.
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After the heavy rain, I noticed a watermark on the tree trunk, showing how high the floodwaters had risen.
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The old barn had a clear watermark on the wall, revealing the level of the last flood.
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The watermark left on the ground after the storm indicated just how much rainfall we had received.
Synonyms
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A mark on a ship or wall that shows how high the water reaches
A visible line on the shore or on boats showing how high the tide reached
A raised line on the shore that shows how far the water reached in the past
How High
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Watermark is made from the simple words water and mark. It is the 'mark' left by water that shows how high it rose, like a stain on a wall after a flood.