slack water
Americannoun
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a period when a body of water is between tides.
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water that is free of currents.
noun
Etymology
Origin of slack water
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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Olys are picky about where they live, preferring slack water and areas fed by creeks and streams.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2019
Temperatures climbed in the slack water pools behind the Columbia River to the point where an estimated 250,000 sockeye salmon died before they could reach their spawning grounds.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2019
However, the time of slack water was before sunrise, so the crew accomplished this feat half asleep.
From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2017
To make all this more manageable, ships the size of the T Roosevelt have only been cleared to enter Kill Van Kull within an hour of slack water, when the tidal stream is most calm.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2017
On April 8 he ran another time trial in slack water.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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