slack-water

English

Noun

slack-water (countable and uncountable, plural slack-waters)

1. A time, at the turn of the tide, when the water is calm.
2. A stretch of seawater in which there are no currents, or of a river impeded by a lock or dam.

Translations

turn of the tide

• Maori: tai mate

seawater without current

• Swedish: lugnvatten n, dödvatten (sv) n, stillvatten n

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