Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tailwater

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: tail-wa-ter
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Like the more renowned Missouri and Henry’s Fork of Montana and Idaho, it is a tailwater fishery; that is, it owes its remarkable fecundity and its population of big wild trout to the cold-water outflow of reservoir impoundment."

Etymology

From tail + water.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tailwaters (plural)

Questions

What does tailwater mean?: The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.
Where does tailwater come from?: From tail + water.

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