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storm tide

noun

Etymology

From storm + tide.

  1. derived from tīdan
  2. derived from tiden
  3. compounded as storm tide — “storm + tide”

Definitions

  1. A rise in local sea level caused by the combination of regular tides and a storm surge.

    • At 8pm of the 27th there was 1.0 ft of storm tide at both Pensacola and Port Eads.
    • All About Camille -- the Great Storm, Dan Ellis, 2000 →ISBN The advancing storm surge combines with the normal astronomical tide to create the storm tide.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA