slack water

slack wa·ter

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [slak waw-ter, wot-er]
- /slæk ˈwɔ tər, ˈwɒt ər/
- /slæk ˈwɔːtə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [slak waw-ter, wot-er]
- /slæk ˈwɔ tər, ˈwɒt ər/

Definitions of slack water words

noun slack water a period when a body of water is between tides. 1
noun slack water water that is free of currents. 1
noun slack water the period of still water around the turn of the tide, esp at low tide 0
noun slack water the period between tides when the water is neither in ebb nor flood 0
noun slack water any stretch of water having little or no current 0

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Origin of slack water

First appearance:

before 1760

One of the 46% newest English words

First recorded in 1760-70

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Parts of speech for Slack water

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Slack water

slack water popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

slack water usage trend in Literature

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