tideland

American  

[tahyd-land] / ˈtaɪdˌlænd /

noun

1. land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.

2. Often tidelands. submerged offshore land within the territorial waters of a state or nation.

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tideland British  

/ ˈtaɪdˌlænd /

noun

1. land between high-water and low-water marks

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Etymology

Origin of tideland

First recorded in 1795–1805; tide ¹ + land

Example Sentences

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tideland

Kim on Monday visited a western coastal tideland, where seawater recently destroyed the embankment, flooding more than 270 hectares of rice paddies.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

During the meeting, Kim also called for officials to build new irrigation systems, supply more efficient farming machines and convert more tideland into farmland.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

The new bird sanctuary, consisting of one hundred acres of unspoiled tideland, and is protected by the state.

From SAT Tests

Since then, conversion costs, paid for mainly out of the city's tideland oil revenues, have leaped from an original estimate of $13.5 million to $57 million.

From Time Magazine Archive

The alpine spruce bears numerous cones all over the tree, and has sharp leaves, though not so sharp as its relative, the tideland spruce.

From The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' by John H. (John Harvey) Williams