high water

American  

noun

1. water at its greatest elevation, as in a river.

2. high tide.

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high water British  

noun

1. another name for high tide

2. the state of any stretch of water at its highest level, as during a flood

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Etymology

Origin of high water

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

San Diego County’s water agency is selling some of its water to another Southern California agency to help limit increasingly high water costs for 3.3 million people.

From Los Angeles Times

"It creates a band of access land from the trail to the high water mark, so that means you can leave the trail to go and roam the beaches," Cornish says.

From BBC

Herriott said: "Food waste is generally pretty heavy because it's got quite a high water content."

From BBC

It was the high water mark of their relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal

“So we can see each other again, come hail or high water,” Sue told her.

From Literature