springtide

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noun (1)

spring·​tide ˈspriŋ-ˌtīd How to pronounce springtide (audio)

spring tide

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noun (2)

: a tide of greater-than-average range around the times of new moon and full moon

Examples of springtide in a Sentence

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The Belgians, to avoid the need for negative elevation numbers on maps of the coast, settled on the low-water point recorded during spring tide at Ostend. Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 As a spring tide rushed out of Baltimore harbor just after midnight on Tuesday, the hulking outlines of a cargo ship nearly three football fields long and stacked high with thousands of containers sliced through frigid waters toward the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024 The alignment of the sun, moon, and Earth creates extremely low, low tides and super-high high tides, both commonly known as spring tides. Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 19 Apr. 2023 Along the southern coast, safe harvesting with sufficiently high returns is only possible during low spring tides, when the sun and moon align, exerting their maximum gravitational force on the ebb and flow of the water. Curtis W. Marean, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016 See all Example Sentences for springtide 

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1548, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

circa 1548, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of springtide was in 1548

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“Springtide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/springtide. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

spring tide

noun
: a greater than usual tide that occurs at each new moon and full moon
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