What is another word for tidemark?

Pronunciation: [tˈa͡ɪdmɑːk] (IPA)

Tidemark is a word that is commonly used to describe the line left by the highest point of water on a beach or shoreline. However, there are several synonyms that can be used to describe this phenomenon. Some of the most commonly used synonyms for tidemark include high-water mark, water line, tide line, and shoreline mark. Each of these terms can be used in place of tidemark to convey the same meaning. Other synonyms for this word include water edge, high tide, and wave line. Regardless of which synonym is used, all of these terms describe the same visible line left by the water on a shoreline.

What are the hypernyms for Tidemark?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Tidemark?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for tidemark (as nouns)

Usage examples for Tidemark

That is shown very well by a simple little tidemark.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
The startling and magical power of single verses, ineffaceable and ineradicable from the memory on which they have once impressed themselves, the consciousness in which they have once struck root, which distinguishes and denotes the peculiar style of Cyril Tourneur's tragic poetry, rises to its highest tidemark in this part of the play.
"The Age of Shakespeare"
Algernon Charles Swinburne
163. Much the largest proportion of the lands so reclaimed, though for the most part lying above low-water tidemark, are at a lower level than the Lincolnshire fens, and more subject to inundation from the irruptions of the sea.
"The Earth as Modified by Human Action"
George P. Marsh

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