slackwater

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A form of slack-water — A time, at the turn of the tide, when the water is calm.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounslackwater (countable and uncountable, plural slackwaters)

plural slackwaters

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of slack-water.
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