Ebb Tide Definition

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noun
The outgoing or falling tide.
Webster's New World

The period between high tide and the next low tide in which the sea is receding.

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Other Word Forms of Ebb Tide

Noun

Singular:
ebb tide
Plural:
ebb-tides

Ebb Tide Sentence Examples

  • Pieces of amber torn from the sea-floor are cast up by the waves, and collected at ebb-tide.

  • The instrument generally employed is a bag-shaped net attached to a semicircular hoop, provided with a long handle and pushed over the surface of the sand by a fisherman wading in the water at ebb-tide.

  • There was a strong ebb tide with 15 feet of water.

  • Essentially the water would be drawn from the ebb tide of the Thames, which is about two thirds less salty than the sea.

  • The crossing of the bar requires considerable care, and at ebb tide the outward current runs 51knots per hour.

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