EBBTIDE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The tide while water is flowing out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("ebbtide" is a kind of...):

tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)

Meronyms (parts of "ebbtide"):

ebb; reflux (the outward flow of the tide)

Antonym:

flood tide (the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide))