Meaning of Tidewater | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A region in Virginia and Maryland, United States, along the coast and the Chesapeake Bay.
2. Water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams.
   countable, uncountable
3. The seaboard.
   countable, uncountable
4. A structure or house with large wraparound porches and hip roofs designed for wet and hot climates.
   attributive, countable, uncommon, uncountable

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Examples

“Their mission in life was to tote bituminous coal out of the mountain fastness of West Virginia and move⟳ it west to the gateways of Deepwater, Columbus and Toledo and east to tidewater at Hampton Roads.”

“She was born Mary Blair Rice, the daughter of a prominent tidewater Virginia family whose roots stretched back to the colonial era.”

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