Meaning

1 senses
  1. A wave, in the form of a wall of water, formed by an incoming tide funnelling into an estuary.

    Gezeitenwelle

    борbor

More definitions
  • a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a wall of water formed by an incoming tide funnelling into an estuary:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a wall of water formed by an incoming tide funnelling into an estuary:

Forms

plural: tidal bores
Singulartidal bore
Pluraltidal bores

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
wall of water:boreB1headA1eagre
Close in meaning
  • a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary):boreeagreaegireager

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtidal wave

See also

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