TIDEWATER Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

tidewater

noun

Definition of tidewater next

as in bottomland

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Recent Examples of tidewater The 1,500-acre tidewater plantation was originally purchased in 1793 by Major Pierce Butler, a signer of the United States Constitution whose grandsons—Pierce Mease Butler and John Mease Butler—inherited the property and the people enslaved there. —

Melissa L. Cooper, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 At the Norfolk Naval Station, headquarters of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, the Department of Defense and U.S. Navy acknowledge the risks from chronic and increasing sea level risk and have made plans to manage and adapt to tidewater risks over the next ten years. —

Kate Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2018 The interpretation, unveiled at a recent festival in the Chesapeake tidewater hamlet of Easton, is dividing the town and fueling debate over how America redefines and reimagines its ever-present past. —

Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023 The Charlotte chefs with Virginia roots who have long worked together on food that promotes understanding of Black culinary history and coastal tidewater cuisine were named together as a semifinalist for the James Beard Award: Best Chef Southeast. —

Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tidewater

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Noun

There is quite a large area of bottomland forest and marshlands year round.

— Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2024
Tennessee residents will be able to choose Red Milkweed - a native perennial found in swamps, river bottomlands and wet meadows - and Common Milkweed - another native perennial found in fields, open woods and roadsides, though less than 100,000 seed packets remain for each variety.

— Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 13 Oct. 2024