tide pool

noun

: a pool of salt water left (as in a rock basin) by an ebbing tide

called also tidal pool

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Without Chan, there are only two full-time employees left, one to monitor the park’s five islands’ tide pools and another to monitor its kelp forests. Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025 Medaka–aka the Japanese rice fish–are only about 1.4 inches long and can be found in rice paddies, ponds, marshes, quiet streams, and tide pools in Japan. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025 The hotel is next to the Laguna Art Museum and walking distance from plenty of charming restaurants and shops, but guests may also want to just relax, float on the waves and explore the tide pools just steps away. Booth Moore, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024 To its west, 73 miles of Pacific coastline lure beachcombers and cold-water surfers to its sandy shores and marine life lovers to its teaming tide pools. Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for tide pool

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tide pool was in 1853

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“Tide pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tide%20pool. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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tide pool

noun
: a pool of salt water left (as in a rock basin) when the tide recedes
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