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TIDEWATER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia
Synonyms:
Tidewater; Tidewater region
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Tidewater" is a part of...):
South (the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("tidewater" is a kind of...):
coastal plain (a plain adjacent to a coast)
Meronyms (parts of "tidewater"):
tidal river; tidal stream; tidewater river; tidewater stream (a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream)
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